RMS Titanic: Anniversaries

Andrew Stephenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what funding his Development has allocated to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

Edward Vaizey: This Department is aware of a number of initiatives to mark the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic. A number of national and regional museums and heritage centres have plans to mark the occasion. These include the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, and the cities of Southampton, where the Titanic embarked, and Belfast, where she was built.
	Southampton city council was awarded £4.6 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) in March 2010 to create a new “Southampton Sea City Museum” which will include a permanent gallery on “Southampton's Titanic Story”.
	In 2008 the HLF awarded a grant of £50,000 to Northern Ireland Science Park (NISP) for a project based at the Titanic's Dock and Pump-House in Belfast and also awarded a grant of £174,500 to National Museums Northern Ireland (Ulster Folk and Transport Museum) towards the development of its collection “Titanic: Built in Belfast”. In July 2011 HLF awarded a grant of £3,250,000 to a project to restore the Nomadic—the Titanic's tender vessel—to restore and tell the story of the Nomadic and Belfast in 1911 and 1912.
	In addition, the Phillips Memorial Park, in Godalming Surrey, the largest built memorial to a single Titanic victim, received confirmation of a full second round grant of over £335,000. This project is a joint scheme between HLF and the Big Lottery Fund's joint Parks for People programme and will restore the memorial in time for the centenary.
	A 'Your Heritage' award from HLF is also being used to support a project in Maryport, exploring the impact of the sinking of the Titanic.

Contracts: EU Law

Stephen Phillips: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK of the European Commission proposals to harmonise contract law within the EU.

Kenneth Clarke: The proposal is for the creation of an optional sale of goods law which would be part of the national law of every member state. This optional law could be used by parties involved in the cross-border sale of goods and digital content as an alternative to national contract law. The Commission asserts that this is an alternative regime which would sit alongside rather than change national laws.
	The Ministry of Justice intends to publish a UK-wide call for evidence soon to obtain evidence and views from businesses and consumers on the potential effect of the legislative proposal on the UK and also to inform the UK Government's position. We have also received advice from the Law Commission that we will use to inform our negotiating position.

Youth Offending Teams: Expenditure

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the budget was of each youth offending team in each year between 1997-98 and 2010-11.

Crispin Blunt: These figures were not collected prior to 2002-03. Details of figures from 2002-03 onwards are contained in the following table.
	
		
			 Youth offending teams (YOTs) from 2002-03 to 2009-10 
			  Total 
			  2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 
			 Barking and Dagenham 1,647,604 2,260,525 2,374,576 3,200,676 2,248,632 2,411,888 2,843,877 2,618,901 
			 Barnet 603,089 692,884 1,012,829 1,128,613 1,125,093 1,242,567 1,296,346 1,314,682 
			 Barnsley 1,037,949 1,105,492 1,148,348 1,369,571 1,586,699 1,678,693 2,092,647 2,026,020 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 460,046 622,517 588,272 646,708 743,120 1,073,167 821,763 926,814 
			 Bedfordshire 1,745,621 2,083,954 1,957,701 2,218,843 2,419,135 2,533,993 2,674,410 3,015,838 
			 Bexley 673,639 758,351 1,055,354 1,140,123 1,211,371 1,100,226 1,140,142 1,087,325 
			 Birmingham 6,951,677 8,414,411 10,428,001 10,777,348 11,176,051 11,904,951 11,227,489 10,405,939 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 1,272,070 1,490,291 2,001,984 1,909,852 1,936,552 1,630,567 2,327,584 2,178,654 
			 Blackpool 1,262,651 2,356,005 1,954,343 2,120,965 1,894,135 1,611,535 1,801,334 1,807,901 
			 Blaenau, Gwent and Caerphilly 1,872,950 2,066,903 1,713,958 2,243,444 2,026,743 2,789,369 2,399,273 2,385,825 
			 Bolton 1,926,265 1,496,021 1,740,022 1,827,351 1,798,504 1,759,683 1,925,095 2,028,619 
			 Bournemouth and Poole 999,532 1,213,504 1,373,277 1,239,684 1,323,397 1,334,591 1,347,589 1,508,341 
			 Bracknell Forest 621,139 624,005 617,642 613,235 630,528 695,119 740,954 767,525 
			 Bradford 3,326,424 3,969,527 4,320,093 4,589,717 4,744,329 4,658,310 4,897,171 4,737,770 
			 Brent 1,227,216 1,243,348 1,482,522 1,684,928 1,858,605 2,316,084 2,252,245 3,229,746 
			 Bridgend 666,283 698,192 688,059 827,357 898,037 943,298 1,011,191 960,643 
			 Brighton and Hove 1,127,818 1,228,396 1,093,887 1,590,716 1,195,425 1,368,187 1,528,271 1,498,647 
			 Bristol 2,454,267 2,611,054 2,683,555 3,347,345 3,864,400 4,331,089 4,149,838 4,185,672 
			 Bromley 683,332 812,552 885,255 1,113,031 1,035,544 1,258,108 1,755,759 1,816,379 
			 Buckinghamshire 1,371,715 1,687,041 1,684,457 1,740,875 2,183,090 2,236,525 2,424,254 2,226,579 
			 Bury 974,486 1,001,485 1,166,663 1,317,608 1,904,233 2,097,280 1,665,333 1,669,963 
			 Calderdale 1,437,686 1,339,462 1,944,670 2,240,398 2,522,582 1,939,707 2,047,557 1,981,805 
			 Cambridgeshire 1,826,082 1,727,567 1,658,336 1,726,751 1,832,854 2,084,115 2,066,562 2,321,328 
			 Camden 2,536,346 3,173,922 2,022,469 2,505,802 2,639,399 2,814,276 2,865,133 3,244,120 
			 Cardiff 1,439,019 1,352,068 1,419,958 2,012,337 2,159,703 3,493,522 2,835,433 2,945,598 
			 Carmarthenshire 759,420 842,780 992,925 1,079,266 1,319,050 1,316,676 1,495,055 1,662,035 
			 Ceredigion(1) 0 0 0 590,367 689,650 743,841 747,317 801,196 
			 Cheshire 1,745,376 1,915,629 1,850,897 2,151,153 2,673,825 3,183,461 2,881,112 3,285,473 
			 Conwy and Denbighshire 716,939 1,097,024 1,248,217 1,073,300 1,208,085 1,146,792 1,221,352 1,279,170 
			 Cornwall 1,329,442 2,277,737 1,478,011 1,550,054 1,870,500 2,021,943 2,181,114 2,376,722 
			 Coventry 2,223,216 2,385,894 2,434,931 2,906,019 3,314,830 3,438,515 3,490,338 3,110,360 
			 Croydon 2,071,014 2,412,822 2,546,031 3,169,688 3,565,038 3,455,445 3,802,833 3,547,809 
			 Cumbria 1,768,569 1,971,543 2,194,969 2,464,441 2,457,172 2,706,513 2,951,979 3,107,085 
			 Darlington 614,082 636,461 1,090,715 992,176 1,264,822 1,239,978 1,236,709 1,109,154 
			 Derby 1,473,298 2,489,007 2,403,638 2,456,179 2,600,774 2,792,263 2,806,919 3,032,655 
			 Derbyshire 2,174,794 2,303,881 2,230,740 2,335,057 2,595,522 2,877,029 3,305,483 4,233,870 
			 Devon 2,179,168 2,235,739 2,110,770 2,572,066 2,717,288 3,790,536 3,650,090 3,308,729 
			 Doncaster 1,640,972 1,680,340 1,875,715 2,440,389 2,601,031 2,815,236 2,971,561 2,949,866 
			 Dorset 879,597 913,479 1,121,158 1,214,992 1,478,137 1,670,619 1,975,021 2,032,302 
			 Dudley 1,783,131 1,855,289 1,909,749 2,018,480 2,193,460 2,404,303 2,501,574 2,576,355 
			 Durham 3,362,078 5,327,063 5,076,576 5,619,658 5,016,778 5,301,366 5,290,140 5,443,976 
			 Ealing 1,623,794 1,917,027 2,230,320 2,311,532 2,382,703 2,167,527 1,901,643 2,216,992 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 736,517 828,970 961,179 1,035,304 1,299,106 1,446,081 1,449,593 1,605,150 
			 East Sussex 1,383,821 1,507,972 1,633,775 1,796,670 2,000,624 2,246,508 2,570,228 2,692,573 
			 Enfield 937,313 1,339,585 1,051,709 1,323,330 2,016,844 2,158,429 2,198,743 2,771,552 
			 Essex 2,550,052 3,068,729 3,375,710 3,683,098 4,022,627 4,156,126 4,343,840 5,691,710 
		
	
	
		
			 Flintshire 517,592 599,611 635,311 961,232 912,824 1,412,573 1,354,398 1,582,045 
			 Gateshead 1,036,768 2,066,091 2,006,816 2,153,180 2,150,906 2,270,557 2,420,130 2,511,244 
			 Gloucestershire 2,163,941 2,372,009 2,392,217 2,772,965 3,160,592 3,336,992 4,437,406 4,165,666 
			 Greenwich 1,820,695 1,986,403 2,005,905 2,479,861 1,985,550 2,533,485 1,984,259 2,988,247 
			 Gwynedd Môn 466,793 664,784 690,094 851,075 1,091,748 1,281,362 1,305,445 1,458,474 
			 Hackney 2,394,104 2,516,207 2,965,794 3,314,503 3,438,746 4,427,302 4,253,351 4,206,313 
			 Halton and Warrington 1,014,026 1,394,063 1,357,263 1,627,248 1,891,965 2,120,667 2,141,511 2,220,202 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 1,877,596 1,896,245 2,041,211 1,949,590 1,951,948 2,081,967 2,018,264 2,585,457 
			 Haringey 1,412,988 1,971,367 2,231,372 2,615,388 2,902,726 3,417,389 3,154,659 3,536,738 
			 Harrow 871,090 959,840 879,587 887,634 1,105,903 1,384,370 1,437,486 1,049,251 
			 Hartlepool 977,814 971,230 1,028,113 1,173,700 1,361,320 1,434,397 1,474,033 1,425,452 
			 Havering 644,130 760,006 996,078 1,034,600 1,083,475 1,299,150 1,297,003 1,382,691 
			 Hertfordshire 2,692,884 2,866,190 4,323,466 4,046,056 4,286,660 4,359,912 4,356,437 4,598,524 
			 Hillingdon 1,011,454 1,095,837 883,633 1,270,903 1,648,608 1,794,128 1,822,119 2,150,226 
			 Hounslow 789,525 824,527 1,125,393 1,333,348 1,356,168 1,594,675 1,743,616 1,643,931 
			 Islington 1,488,157 1,423,117 1,678,528 1,886,360 2,032,721 2,420,689 1,931,383 2,364,016 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 809,112 933,355 1,203,388 1,581,496 1,507,812 1,734,316 1,745,106 2,006,337 
			 Kent 5,333,404 5,643,858 5,984,054 6,467,839 7,065,902 7,986,424 7,771,024 7,361,466 
			 Kingston-upon-Hull 1,499,117 1,691,858 1,900,984 2,225,052 2,309,850 2,602,458 2,668,233 2,696,154 
			 Kingston-upon-Thames 649,021 813,897 782,004 773,993 912,584 968,476 1,011,074 1,016,900 
			 Kirklees 1,947,235 2,163,749 2,663,509 2,997,990 3,103,081 3,349,319 3,286,320 3,516,755 
			 Knowsley 1,844,071 1,581,591 1,552,336 2,724,890 3,028,912 2,671,169 2,560,705 2,491,479 
			 Lambeth 2,402,016 2,482,286 3,082,276 2,949,428 3,143,593 3,221,857 3,544,901 3,540,421 
			 Lancashire 4,944,399 5,460,204 5,291,053 5,659,557 6,437,066 7,036,906 6,641,602 6,634,707 
			 Leeds 3,892,634 4,762,844 5,295,727 6,034,719 6,823,934 7,743,367 7,602,712 8,039,792 
			 Leicester City 2,822,984 3,508,481 4,185,469 4,129,997 4,043,479 4,215,139 3,783,290 3,109,136 
			 Leicestershire 1,578,061 1,600,354 1,995,500 2,170,166 2,454,884 2,823,328 3,037,455 3,096,212 
			 Lewisham 1,642,114 2,011,844 1,780,092 2,293,544 2,385,481 2,500,981 3,857,436 2,175,249 
			 Lincolnshire 2,012,195 2,874,345 3,030,179 2,657,977 3,010,301 3,420,313 3,353,315 3,510,837 
			 Liverpool 3,596,043 3,256,802 4,658,566 5,533,532 5,687,181 6,025,001 5,948,641 7,047,228 
			 Luton 1,469,433 1,889,663 1,754,591 2,105,015 2,149,417 2,741,148 2,161,833 2,156,947 
			 Manchester 3,569,118 3,552,900 4,660,746 5,179,442 5,508,524 5,290,082 5,567,480 5,503,060 
			 Medway 810,819 847,202 1,267,262 1,433,746 1,161,292 1,203,760 1,296,394 1,410,990 
			 Merthyr Tydfil 570,526 572,229 571,662 680,515 701,324 702,962 692,276 739,913 
			 Merton 590,936 817,095 1,057,893 898,285 881,457 934,209 886,309 1,176,035 
			 Mid Wales(1) 692,458 928,064 1,029,001 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Milton Keynes 892,558 1,070,290 1,375,060 1,726,552 1,647,734 1,579,211 1,701,416 1,659,347 
			 Monmouthshire and Torfaen 908,573 1,000,755 978,297 1,077,914 1,193,948 1,708,917 1,497,696 1,669,433 
			 Neath Port Talbot 1,717,158 1,836,759 2,100,221 2,396,390 2,377,723 1,632,335 1,752,176 2,049,707 
			 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2,944,731 2,868,530 2,742,035 2,756,619 3,125,972 3,508,376 3,364,169 4,137,523 
			 Newham 2,283,071 3,152,298 3,080,685 4,677,288 4,722,505 5,039,721 3,645,334 3,377,048 
			 Newport 887,352 901,707 996,062 1,109,139 1,189,989 1,281,157 1,446,690 1,489,215 
			 Norfolk 3,342,350 2,735,378 2,985,489 3,608,496 4,580,686 5,101,614 4,582,236 4,674,631 
			 North East Lincolnshire 906,531 1,256,115 1,497,498 1,282,544 1,389,064 1,428,140 1,750,274 1,343,171 
			 North Lincolnshire 661,097 1,019,630 1,272,631 1,291,451 1,418,016 1,469,278 1,441,116 1,122,550 
			 North Somerset 473,863 751,855 770,844 928,908 821,423 1,003,921 1,168,798 1,249,366 
			 North Tyneside 849,969 936,273 856,224 947,874 1,238,810 1,241,408 1,261,226 1,552,335 
			 North Yorkshire 1,724,893 1,795,591 2,180,876 2,398,952 2,804,820 3,237,011 3,730,158 3,905,978 
			 Northamptonshire 2,163,432 2,417,859 2,742,606 3,142,496 3,597,530 3,689,589 3,796,501 4,297,855 
			 Northumberland 1,486,993 1,903,958 2,050,700 2,177,660 2,216,385 2,411,382 2,540,518 845,215 
			 Nottingham 3,456,525 2,718,681 3,313,075 3,711,685 3,222,781 3,339,332 3,545,957 3,636,565 
		
	
	
		
			 Nottinghamshire 2,263,907 2,954,971 3,350,789 3,832,363 4,582,001 4,812,163 4,836,640 5,204,425 
			 Oldham 1,280,181 1,799,307 3,023,564 3,262,142 2,928,398 2,267,623 2,376,584 1,788,778 
			 Oxfordshire 2,326,597 2,967,608 3,062,524 3,318,569 3,659,342 3,592,809 3,809,474 4,290,090 
			 Pembrokeshire 458,093 651,530 700,233 668,722 771,115 806,331 1,086,723 939,538 
			 Peterborough 1,317,207 1,488,927 1,689,587 1,940,813 2,046,465 2,227,520 2,390,099 2,032,510 
			 Plymouth 1,320,972 1,523,643 1,435,124 1,449,593 1,474,297 1,593,219 1,653,015 1,954,962 
			 Powys(1) 0 0 0 745,397 978,336 971,507 1,188,847 1,168,466 
			 Reading(2) 0 0 0 0 0 1,909,895 1,623,074 1,690,616 
			 Reading and Wokingham(2) 1,240,953 1,399,966 1,879,587 2,090,837 2,341,030 0 0 0 
			 Redbridge 1,227,229 1,645,712 2,103,262 2,199,587 2,480,592 2,460,388 2,706,075 2,974,894 
			 Rhondda Cynon Taff 1,384,092 1,440,919 1,784,925 2,105,611 2,305,705 2,702,996 2,741,169 2,752,647 
			 Richmond-upon-Thames 452,152 499,212 612,003 665,196 870,680 851,156 869,259 338,877 
			 Rochdale 1,208,237 1,353,285 1,636,247 1,801,258 1,864,568 2,386,371 2,486,454 2,292,537 
			 Rotherham 2,551,288 2,505,304 2,714,548 2,628,719 2,824,829 2,985,986 2,248,479 2,462,464 
			 Salford 1,829,800 1,420,598 1,413,541 1,596,901 1,640,647 1,789,538 1,913,546 1,996,783 
			 Sandwell 1,367,596 1,849,519 2,082,283 1,762,339 2,123,278 2,555,281 2,811,499 3,031,826 
			 Sefton 1,655,460 1,601,808 1,501,792 1,850,397 1,984,120 2,106,197 2,229,276 2,181,897 
			 Sheffield 2,760,057 2,420,161 2,330,780 3,354,652 3,650,712 4,432,846 5,392,169 6,622,108 
			 Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 1,218,073 1,461,619 1,765,645 1,732,268 1,747,881 1,847,828 1,971,783 2,081,348 
			 Slough 1,167,021 885,938 1,026,267 1,076,269 1,051,149 1,176,369 1,274,148 1,280,039 
			 Solihull 427,226 992,969 1,198,903 1,016,208 1,101,341 1,146,068 1,304,324 1,296,632 
			 Somerset 1,991,206 2,139,635 2,368,911 2,582,543 2,862,704 3,027,060 2,773,796 2,795,027 
			 South Gloucestershire 586,960 653,971 679,639 706,532 289,386 897,256 937,148 960,943 
			 South Tees 2,404,920 2,944,877 3,085,799 3,888,737 4,495,986 4,124,894 3,358,495 3,602,911 
			 South Tyneside 1,368,527 1,676,979 1,759,694 2,087,840 2,184,346 1,878,719 1,786,760 1,823,917 
			 Southend-on-Sea 545,801 993,721 1,015,453 1,091,652 1,100,566 1,550,459 1,444,673 1,806,223 
			 Southwark 2,727,868 3,285,001 5,343,718 5,740,246 5,721,371 5,853,431 6,725,652 5,948,675 
			 St. Helens 1,015,204 1,182,957 941,448 1,461,201 1,948,534 2,121,155 1,675,255 1,963,718 
			 Staffordshire 2,938,948 3,430,925 3,311,380 3,935,814 4,351,087 4,434,492 4,858,872 5,470,113 
			 Stockport 1,408,383 1,282,254 1,130,513 1,153,425 1,435,870 1,641,510 1,879,779 1,950,675 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 1,107,556 1,159,580 1,376,779 1,890,363 1,743,708 1,681,050 1,444,528 1,516,444 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 1,876,786 2,238,764 2,419,795 2,921,493 3,079,298 3,653,493 3,341,264 3,194,566 
			 Suffolk 2,689,424 2,892,319 3,238,424 3,372,287 3,511,798 4,226,458 4,235,647 4,939,786 
			 Sunderland 3,513,107 3,628,465 3,875,338 4,288,883 4,448,678 4,993,696 4,892,468 4,741,479 
			 Surrey 1,677,729 1,983,386 2,543,641 2,861,287 3,335,160 3,547,482 3,356,117 3,831,048 
			 Sutton 543,060 701,916 719,891 999,496 1,183,768 1,347,471 1,186,617 1,049,990 
			 Swansea 1,265,577 1,343,649 1,555,971 1,996,165 2,100,759 2,294,451 2,379,422 2,746,781 
			 Swindon 818,402 858,453 817,651 820,422 924,530 1,081,585 1,217,396 1,181,003 
			 Tameside 818,856 1,224,148 1,514,169 1,396,235 1,460,927 1,574,101 1,675,810 1,818,056 
			 Thurrock 591,491 641,495 639,211 963,102 1,241,732 1,172,922 1,163,938 1,189,463 
			 Torbay 713,646 817,198 851,661 941,352 938,268 1,079,478 1,189,739 1,123,491 
			 Tower Hamlets and City of London 1,320,422 1,311,762 1,730,829 1,604,013 2,223,375 2,360,828 2,242,647 2,413,097 
			 Trafford 3,066,030 3,189,851 1,975,767 2,166,308 2,391,910 2,675,970 3,248,156 3,646,770 
			 Vale of Glamorgan 1,059,498 1,064,453 917,027 1,026,109 1,051,511 1,021,569 1,024,474 1,133,130 
			 Wakefield 1,642,856 1,806,355 1,844,814 2,357,584 2,545,090 2,903,603 3,074,355 3,048,421 
			 Walsall 1,372,383 1,419,504 1,606,345 2,033,614 1,938,386 2,043,184 2,357,927 3,509,519 
			 Waltham Forest 1,203,636 1,444,175 1,620,156 1,661,971 1,687,007 2,217,762 1,130,575 2,262,997 
			 Wandsworth 2,614,999 2,653,315 2,502,061 3,357,993 3,118,278 2,700,337 2,209,546 2,218,056 
			 Warwickshire 1,606,424 1,793,353 2,023,842 2,316,936 2,345,845 2,398,916 2,643,721 2,625,775 
			 Wessex 6,023,698 7,644,896 7,721,238 8,447,744 8,907,281 9,566,959 9,799,021 10,420,427 
			 West Berkshire 474,428 558,827 608,054 730,497 870,599 1,031,891 1,110,799 1,115,840 
		
	
	
		
			 West Sussex 435,045 2,237,952 2,335,899 2,480,116 2,731,344 2,748,652 2,488,639 2,299,534 
			 Westminster 1,384,894 1,572,860 1,859,922 1,943,149 2,061,319 2,140,079 2,627,351 1,710,807 
			 Wigan 1,482,894 1,810,641 1,780,402 2,149,493 2,254,376 2,665,715 2,697,777 2,803,899 
			 Wiltshire 1,295,264 1,717,655 1,532,167 1,565,847 1,712,928 1,852,545 1,906,581 1,961,236 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 96,195 497,849 487,678 573,540 765,364 744,057 738,847 1,221,433 
			 Wirral 2,557,528 1,994,640 2,958,499 2,741,200 2,734,795 2,760,746 3,037,584 3,159,084 
			 Wokingham(2) 0 0 0 0 0 459,978 590,190 673,877 
			 Wolverhampton 1,597,556 1,923,615 2,194,410 2,411,851 2,836,316 3,206,063 3,334,419 3,169,716 
			 Worcestershire and Herefordshire 2,410,596 2,634,099 2,692,667 3,206,332 3,423,147 3,693,033 3,814,701 3,785,052 
			 Wrexham 1,528,042 1,214,548 1,141,677 1,217,116 1,627,043 1,767,568 1,547,339 1,278,203 
			 York 718,762 754,369 748,579 745,462 1,032,389 1,115,442 1,178,668 988,671 
			 Total 252,602,591 288,349,682 313,546,056 350,939,089 375,514,610 405,276,408 410,121,095 423,314,693 
			 (1 )Mid Wales split into Ceredigion YOT and Powys YOT from April 2005. (2) Reading and Wokingham split into Reading YOT and Wokingham YOT from April 2007. Notes: 1. These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time. 2. These figures were not collected prior to 2002-03. 3. We are in the process of quality checking figures for 2010-11. They are due to be published in January 2012. 4. The data includes the YJB's ring-fenced funding for Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programmes, prevention programmes, resettlement and after care services. 5. Other sources of funding such as the Single Regeneration Budget, European Funding and the Children's Fund are also included in the presented figures. 6. These figures may differ from published figures because they include the sources of funding mentioned above.

Youth Offending Teams: Manpower

Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many full-time equivalent posts there were in each youth offending team in each year between 1997-98 and 2010-11.

Crispin Blunt: These figures were not collected prior to 2002-03. Details of figures from 2002-03 onwards are contained in the following table.
	
		
			 Number of full-time and pa  rt-time staff in YOTs from 2005-06 to 2009-  10 
			  2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 
			  Full-time Part-time Total Full-time Part-time Total Full-time Part-time Total 
			 Barking and Dagenham 40 22 62 42 23 65 44 26 70 
			 Barnet 20 19 39 22 16 38 18 9 27 
			 Barnsley 38 26 64 39 23 62 41 22 63 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 21 2 23 22 11 33 22 8 30 
			 Bedfordshire 45 41 86 49 16 65 54 11 65 
			 Bexley 18 5 23 17 6 23 16 7 23 
			 Birmingham 245 134 379 285 137 422 286 94 380 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 36 24 60 40 18 58 36 21 57 
			 Blackpool 68 40 108 44 25 69 44 25 69 
			 Blaenau, Gwent and Caerphilly 49 2 51 34 1 35 56 2 58 
			 Bolton 51 2 53 51 2 53 44 5 49 
			 Bournemouth and Poole 25 17 42 24 15 39 24 16 40 
			 Bracknell Forest 13 5 18 11 7 18 17 5 22 
			 Bradford 87 17 104 89 18 107 83 20 103 
			 Brent 35 15 50 38 16 54 37 16 53 
			 Bridgend 23 10 33 26 7 33 28 4 32 
			 Brighton and Hove 21 11 32 27 13 40 25 12 37 
			 Bristol 67 54 121 107 80 187 111 53 164 
			 Bromley 19 13 32 20 6 26 37 2 39 
			 Buckinghamshire 39 30 69 39 23 62 47 17 64 
			 Bury 33 10 43 30 5 35 31 9 40 
		
	
	
		
			 Calderdale 47 10 57 45 14 59 40 12 52 
			 Cambridgeshire 38 2 40 44 4 48 44 8 52 
			 Camden 37 9 46 42 9 51 43 8 51 
			 Cardiff 62 9 71 63 13 76 62 14 76 
			 Carmarthenshire 20 11 31 19 15 34 23 19 42 
			 Ceredigion 12 12 24 16 14 30 13 25 38 
			 Cheshire 64 20 84 77 19 96 99 10 109 
			 Conwy and Denbighshire 23 3 26 24 11 35 26 9 35 
			 Cornwall 40 39 79 42 59 101 47 44 91 
			 Coventry 78 33 111 85 26 111 97 28 125 
			 Croydon 46 20 66 51 20 71 55 12 67 
			 Cumbria 62 7 69 59 10 69 62 14 76 
			 Darlington 26 5 31 35 9 44 31 11 42 
			 Derby 58 31 89 47 5 52 45 25 70 
			 Derbyshire 59 43 102 59 43 102 74 60 134 
			 Devon 77 23 100 84 23 107 90 22 112 
			 Doncaster 65 7 72 68 7 75 76 19 95 
			 Dorset 36 10 46 36 10 46 41 28 69 
			 Dudley 57 21 78 59 32 91 65 23 88 
			 Durham 134 12 146 131 4 135 140 3 143 
			 Ealing 29 19 48 32 15 47 41 12 53 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 22 27 49 28 22 50 26 15 41 
			 East Sussex 43 8 51 46 24 70 57 15 72 
			 Enfield 31 12 43 45 2 47 46 1 47 
			 Essex 68 12 80 95 21 116 94 1 95 
			 Flintshire 22 31 53 26 16 42 30 30 60 
			 Gateshead 53 21 74 57 16 73 54 14 68 
			 Gloucestershire 72 18 90 74 24 98 70 25 95 
			 Greenwich 32 5 37 34 11 45 41 8 49 
			 Gwynedd Mon 22 3 25 20 20 40 28 9 37 
			 Hackney 41 4 45 51 6 57 68 10 78 
			 Halton and Warrington 46 3 49 47 1 48 52 6 58 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 39 6 45 44 8 52 50 7 57 
			 Haringey 47 84 131 52 48 100 62 13 75 
			 Harrow 21 18 39 23 14 37 26 21 47 
			 Hartlepool 35 12 47 33 13 46 44 14 58 
			 Havering 23 9 32 22 25 47 26 17 43 
			 Hertfordshire 89 15 104 90 16 106 104 37 141 
			 Hillingdon 27 13 40 35 11 46 35 17 52 
			 Hounslow 30 17 47 31 25 56 32 29 61 
			 Islington 29 5 34 33 8 41 33 8 41 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 26 4 30 29 8 37 31 4 35 
			 Kent 162 35 197 162 35 197 145 41 186 
			 Kingston-upon-Hull 39 36 75 51 23 74 52 21 73 
			 Kingston-upon-Thames 9 7 16 10 4 14 13 5 18 
			 Kirklees 69 16 85 72 16 88 71 22 93 
			 Knowsley 49 21 70 44 21 65 50 17 67 
			 Lambeth 51 1 52 63 1 64 61 11 72 
			 Lancashire 153 24 177 161 40 201 164 38 202 
			 Leeds 127 5 132 127 33 160 125 65 190 
			 Leicester City 81 15 96 77 21 98 58 29 87 
			 Leicestershire 68 2 70 72 7 79 89 13 102 
			 Lewisham 49 2 51 46 2 48 48 3 51 
			 Lincolnshire 70 39 109 61 30 91 75 53 128 
			 Liverpool 101 27 128 115 20 135 146 39 185 
		
	
	
		
			 Luton 38 22 60 39 15 54 39 17 56 
			 Manchester 109 6 115 113 7 120 106 6 112 
			 Medway 24 10 34 30 14 44 33 12 45 
			 Merthyr Tydfil 20 1 21 18 2 20 14 4 18 
			 Merton 19 2 21 21 2 23 22 8 30 
			 Milton Keynes 28 12 40 33 19 52 30 24 54 
			 Monmouthshire and Torfaen 26 31 57 26 32 58 27 52 79 
			 Neath Port Talbot 28 5 33 29 3 32 32 1 33 
			 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 69 33 102 70 41 111 71 62 133 
			 Newham 104 5 109 102 16 118 74 4 78 
			 Newport 29 8 37 29 5 34 32 5 37 
			 Norfolk 82 11 93 93 13 106 94 14 108 
			 North East Lincolnshire 47 24 71 34 15 49 23 11 34 
			 North Lincolnshire 22 15 37 26 19 45 34 19 53 
			 North Somerset 36 6 42 22 9 31 24 5 29 
			 North Tyneside 53 15 68 28 5 33 27 14 41 
			 North Yorkshire 57 51 108 57 49 106 66 44 110 
			 Northamptonshire 75 28 103 71 18 89 70 29 99 
			 Northumberland 46 5 51 53 25 78 46 37 83 
			 Nottingham 93 10 103 101 11 112 101 10 111 
			 Nottinghamshire 93 23 116 99 37 136 88 28 116 
			 Oldham 58 33 91 59 13 72 58 25 83 
			 Oxfordshire 87 43 130 66 41 107 72 62 134 
			 Pembrokeshire 16 9 25 15 8 23 12 13 25 
			 Peterborough 37 36 73 49 35 84 42 36 78 
			 Plymouth 34 8 42 39 10 49 42 8 50 
			 Powys 12 12 24 17 2 19 19 9 28 
			 Reading — — — — — — 27 5 32 
			 Redbridge 39 6 45 42 7 49 50 6 56 
			 Rhondda Cynon Taff 55 5 60 58 13 71 61 11 72 
			 Richmond-upon-Thames 16 20 36 12 14 26 12 12 24 
			 Rochdale 56 22 78 57 10 67 58 14 72 
			 Rotherham 43 5 48 43 5 48 44 3 47 
			 Salford 43 2 45 55 4 59 42 4 46 
			 Sandwell 37 23 60 51 21 72 59 17 76 
			 Sefton 48 29 77 48 36 84 43 58 101 
			 Sheffield 84 16 100 82 18 100 107 34 141 
			 Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 47 13 60 39 17 56 45 12 57 
			 Slough 22 5 27 22 10 32 26 10 36 
			 Solihull 28 4 32 29 8 37 30 7 37 
			 Somerset 50 27 77 51 31 82 55 33 88 
			 South Gloucestershire 15 5 20 17 7 24 16 11 27 
			 South Tees 89 5 94 113 4 117 79 0 79 
			 South Tyneside 45 36 81 45 36 81 45 38 83 
			 Southend-on-Sea 116 11 127 40 2 42 43 1 44 
			 Southwark 91 24 115 93 21 114 111 21 132 
			 St Helens 47 23 70 47 23 70 54 22 76 
			 Staffordshire 110 10 120 126 31 157 124 33 157 
			 Stockport 42 11 53 33 0 33 43 16 59 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 27 13 40 35 14 49 38 24 62 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 64 13 77 64 21 85 71 19 90 
			 Suffolk 93 19 112 88 24 112 92 14 106 
			 Sunderland 96 50 146 95 73 168 99 93 192 
			 Surrey 80 37 117 80 33 113 86 36 122 
		
	
	
		
			 Sutton 19 2 21 21 3 24 20 7 27 
			 Swansea 52 8 60 61 17 78 63 10 73 
			 Swindon 26 8 34 29 6 35 32 9 41 
			 Tameside 32 8 40 36 4 40 39 11 50 
			 Thurrock 24 4 28 24 5 29 27 6 33 
			 Torbay 19 10 29 18 13 31 22 10 32 
			 Tower Hamlets and City of London 35 12 47 37 14 51 34 9 43 
			 Trafford 35 4 39 46 20 66 61 26 87 
			 Vale of Glamorgan 24 6 30 20 13 33 19 13 32 
			 Wakefield 53 0 53 57 0 57 58 0 58 
			 Walsall 51 3 54 51 10 61 61 30 91 
			 Waltham Forest 38 0 38 38 2 40 42 5 47 
			 Wandsworth 26 13 39 33 25 58 34 35 69 
			 Warwickshire 46 39 85 53 33 86 60 32 92 
			 Wessex 166 37 203 174 28 202 194 38 232 
			 West Berkshire 15 9 24 14 9 23 21 12 33 
			 West Sussex 64 33 97 63 44 107 69 47 116 
			 Westminster 43 2 45 48 0 48 48 0 48 
			 Wigan 55 15 70 72 10 82 80 18 98 
			 Wiltshire 43 12 55 43 15 58 47 15 62 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 9 5 14 11 6 17 10 4 14 
			 Wirral 59 13 72 62 24 86 65 21 86 
			 Wokingham — — — — — — 8 5 13 
			 Wolverhampton 52 28 80 64 4 68 61 2 63 
			 Worcestershire and Herefordshire 66 89 155 71 68 139 71 54 125 
			 Wrexham 28 9 37 32 7 39 28 16 44 
			 York 22 12 34 22 12 34 22 13 35 
			 Reading and Wokingham 29 6 35 28 4 32 — — — 
			 Total England and Wales 7,865 2,687 10,552 8,182 2,767 10,949 8,575 3,009 11,584 
		
	
	
		
			  200  8  -0  9 2009-10 
			  Full-time Part-time Total Full-time Part-time Total 
			 Barking and Dagenham 43 0 43 39 13 52 
			 Barnet 27 10 37 24 10 34 
			 Barnsley 44 24 68 42 56 98 
			 Bath and North East Somerset 23 7 30 16 16 32 
			 Bedfordshire 55 39 94 55 23 78 
			 Bexley 14 5 19 11 10 21 
			 Birmingham 256 69 325 237 125 362 
			 Blackburn with Darwen 44 10 54 44 24 68 
			 Blackpool 31 7 38 34 11 45 
			 Blaenau, Gwent and Caerphilly 57 4 61 52 3 55 
			 Bolton 46 4 50 40 6 46 
			 Bournemouth and Poole 25 13 38 26 15 41 
			 Bracknell Forest 12 8 20 11 10 21 
			 Bradford 83 20 103 111 13 124 
			 Brent 41 2 43 48 5 53 
			 Bridgend 29 17 46 28 14 42 
			 Brighton and Hove 26 17 43 22 19 41 
			 Bristol 102 42 144 74 51 125 
		
	
	
		
			 Bromley 29 10 39 39 4 43 
			 Buckinghamshire 46 19 65 42 32 74 
			 Bury 35 9 44 32 13 45 
			 Calderdale 47 9 56 41 17 58 
			 Cambridgeshire 30 23 53 19 51 70 
			 Camden 40 13 53 50 11 61 
			 Cardiff 66 15 81 67 26 93 
			 Carmarthenshire 27 16 43 24 18 42 
			 Ceredigion 18 15 33 17 13 30 
			 Cheshire 75 19 94 64 30 94 
			 Conwy and Denbighshire 27 9 36 31 7 38 
			 Cornwall 42 28 70 46 26 72 
			 Coventry 81 48 129 77 37 114 
			 Croydon 55 21 76 54 25 79 
			 Cumbria 56 17 73 53 27 80 
			 Darlington 27 10 37 23 6 29 
			 Derby 45 25 70 44 25 69 
			 Derbyshire 74 60 134 65 67 132 
			 Devon 82 24 106 63 61 124 
			 Doncaster 86 7 93 68 10 78 
			 Dorset 49 26 75 44 45 89 
			 Dudley 71 15 86 58 15 73 
			 Durham 127 12 139 109 22 131 
			 Ealing 35 9 44 34 14 48 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire 27 24 51 33 20 53 
			 East Sussex 58 12 70 53 17 70 
			 Enfield 41 2 43 46 6 52 
			 Essex 89 13 102 101 16 117 
			 Flintshire 34 26 60 27 32 59 
			 Gateshead 56 12 68 52 15 67 
			 Gloucestershire 83 17 100 71 24 95 
			 Greenwich 40 9 49 35 15 50 
			 Gwynedd Mon 28 28 56 30 21 51 
			 Hackney 83 5 88 84 8 92 
			 Halton and Warrington 46 13 59 36 17 53 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham 45 6 51 31 13 44 
			 Haringey 65 13 78 62 11 73 
			 Harrow 29 20 49 26 18 44 
			 Hartlepool 40 12 52 36 16 52 
			 Havering 25 16 41 23 11 34 
			 Hertfordshire 90 38 128 77 43 120 
			 Hillingdon 37 14 51 41 24 65 
			 Hounslow 34 32 66 27 34 61 
			 Islington 41 2 43 39 5 44 
			 Kensington and Chelsea 30 5 35 34 5 39 
			 Kent 138 49 187 153 58 211 
			 Kingston-upon-Hull 49 22 71 49 16 65 
			 Kingston-upon-Thames 15 2 17 9 5 14 
			 Kirklees 68 18 86 80 30 110 
			 Knowsley 53 10 63 43 23 66 
			 Lambeth 65 0 65 76 2 78 
			 Lancashire 149 22 171 142 52 194 
			 Leeds 161 0 161 134 35 169 
			 Leicester City 89 28 117 87 32 119 
			 Leicestershire 93 9 102 81 45 126 
		
	
	
		
			 Lewisham 44 10 54 57 11 68 
			 Lincolnshire 79 94 173 70 46 116 
			 Liverpool 147 39 186 140 46 186 
			 Luton 43 12 55 39 19 58 
			 Manchester 91 3 94 120 7 127 
			 Medway 38 12 50 34 15 49 
			 Merthyr Tydfil 16 4 20 16 4 20 
			 Merton 23 12 35 19 15 34 
			 Milton Keynes 32 22 54 28 20 48 
			 Monmouthshire and Torfaen 29 76 105 29 37 66 
			 Neath Port Talbot 32 3 35 26 4 30 
			 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 74 34 108 73 27 100 
			 Newham 77 1 78 58 1 59 
			 Newport 36 11 47 35 17 52 
			 Norfolk 93 16 109 98 18 116 
			 North East Lincolnshire 28 4 32 35 8 43 
			 North Lincolnshire 30 17 47 25 7 32 
			 North Somerset 30 9 39 32 11 43 
			 North Tyneside 27 9 36 23 11 34 
			 North Yorkshire 75 41 116 71 49 120 
			 Northamptonshire 87 28 115 82 32 114 
			 Northumberland 47 14 61 56 6 62 
			 Nottingham 82 8 90 88 14 102 
			 Nottinghamshire 90 28 118 115 46 161 
			 Oldham 56 22 78 60 22 82 
			 Oxfordshire 73 50 123 66 58 124 
			 Pembrokeshire 20 10 30 19 9 28 
			 Peterborough 42 23 65 38 32 70 
			 Plymouth 33 10 43 29 8 37 
			 Powys 22 9 31 17 17 34 
			 Reading 21 5 26 20 7 27 
			 Redbridge 50 6 56 39 23 62 
			 Rhondda Cynon Taff 62 11 73 61 11 72 
			 Richmond-upon-Thames 11 10 21 10 8 18 
			 Rochdale 56 7 63 59 22 81 
			 Rotherham 52 0 52 41 10 51 
			 Salford 47 8 55 45 8 53 
			 Sandwell 59 29 88 62 23 85 
			 Sefton 48 20 68 42 28 70 
			 Sheffield 112 57 169 120 37 157 
			 Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin 44 11 55 51 12 63 
			 Slough 20 9 29 20 14 34 
			 Solihull 31 4 35 29 10 39 
			 Somerset 47 21 68 35 36 71 
			 South Gloucestershire 16 12 28 18 4 22 
			 South Tees 79 0 79 85 43 128 
			 South Tyneside 39 60 99 39 19 58 
			 Southend-on-Sea 43 5 48 43 6 49 
			 Southwark 100 20 120 107 3 110 
			 St Helens 44 7 51 45 29 74 
			 Staffordshire 129 25 154 112 27 139 
			 Stockport 44 18 62 46 33 79 
			 Stockton-on-Tees 33 19 52 27 20 47 
			 Stoke-on-Trent 79 4 83 68 26 94 
			 Suffolk 106 27 133 75 38 113 
		
	
	
		
			 Sunderland 100 118 218 98 89 187 
			 Surrey 84 32 116 81 49 130 
			 Sutton 22 7 29 21 10 31 
			 Swansea 68 9 77 71 8 79 
			 Swindon 29 7 36 26 12 38 
			 Tameside 39 10 49 31 14 45 
			 Thurrock 18 1 19 18 7 25 
			 Torbay 40 10 50 30 13 43 
			 Tower Hamlets and City of London 46 22 68 56 22 78 
			 Trafford 50 18 68 70 30 100 
			 Vale of Glamorgan 19 8 27 21 13 34 
			 Wakefield 57 0 57 48 8 56 
			 Walsall 49 28 77 47 14 61 
			 Waltham Forest 41 8 49 35 7 42 
			 Wandsworth 32 24 56 24 30 54 
			 Warwickshire 59 37 96 47 42 89 
			 Wessex 254 45 299 194 44 238 
			 West Berkshire 22 10 32 22 8 30 
			 West Sussex 77 53 130 71 55 126 
			 Westminster 40 4 44 39 4 43 
			 Wigan 61 18 79 62 25 87 
			 Wiltshire 49 9 58 42 20 62 
			 Windsor and Maidenhead 11 5 16 12 9 21 
			 Wirral 58 21 79 54 26 80 
			 Wokingham 14 4 18 25 6 31 
			 Wolverhampton 63 11 74 62 9 71 
			 Worcestershire and Herefordshire 77 68 145 64 68 132 
			 Wrexham 36 11 47 31 13 44 
			 York 23 19 42 20 19 39 
			 Reading and Wokingham — — — — — — 
			 Total England and Wales 8,635 2,879 11,514 8,215 3,483 11,698 
			 Notes: 1. The data are presented as numbers of full-time and part-time staff, since full-time equivalent data is not collected. For all years except 2009-10, however, full-time figures include part-time strategic managers, operational managers and administration staff, since full-time and part-time figures for these categories were only collected from 2009-10. In all years, part-time figures are made up predominantly of part-time practitioners as well as sessional staff. Volunteers are excluded from the table entirely. Prior to 2005-06, analogous data was not collected. Data for 2010-11 is due to be published in the Annual Youth Justice Statistics 2010-11 in January 2012. 2. These figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and can be subject to change over time.

Banks: Finance

William Bain: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has specific plans for the revenues accruing from the disposal of shares held by UK Financial Investments in Lloyds Banking Group and RBS Group.

Mark Hoban: UK Financial Investments (UKFI) is responsible for managing the Government's investments in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) on an arm's length and commercial basis; and for developing and executing a strategy for disposing of the investments in an orderly and active way.
	UKFI continue to look at the full range of alternatives for disposing of the investments.
	The Government have no specific plans for the proceeds of any disposal which may arise.

Banks: Finance

William Bain: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what options are being considered for the disposal of shares held by UK Financial Investments in Lloyds Banking Group and RBS Group.

Mark Hoban: UK Financial investments is responsible for managing the Government's investments in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) on an arm's length and commercial basis; and for developing and executing a strategy for disposing of the investments in an orderly and active way.
	UKFI continue to look at the full range of alternatives for disposing of the investments.

Economic Growth: Northern Ireland

Vernon Coaker: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, (b) the Northern Ireland Executive, (c) Northern Ireland representatives and (d) Northern Ireland trade unions on rebalancing the Northern Ireland economy.

David Gauke: The Chancellor visited Northern Ireland on 17 June 2011 and discussed the Government's consultation on rebalancing the Northern Ireland economy with members of the Northern Ireland Executive and the business community.
	Over the process of consultation on 'Rebalancing the Northern Ireland economy', I have had a series of meetings with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, my right hon. Friend the Member for North Shropshire (Mr Paterson), and the Northern Ireland Executive. In addition I have chaired consultation meetings in London and Belfast which were attended by Northern Ireland business and trade union representatives, among others.

Excise Duties: Fuels

Andrew Stephenson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what fiscal steps his Department is taking to help offset the rising cost of fuel for people living in rural areas.

Chloe Smith: Given the current high cost of fuel, to support motorists and businesses, the Autumn Statement announced that the 3.02 ppl fuel duty increase that was due to take effect on 1 January 2012 will be deferred to 1 August 2012, and the inflation increase that was planned for 1 August 2012, currently expected to be worth 1.92 ppl; will be cancelled. This will mean that there will only be one RPI increase next year. This is on top of the support that was announced at Budget 2011 that included a 1 ppl cut in fuel duty; and the introduction of a fair fuel stabiliser to replace the previous Government's fuel duty escalator.
	As of 1 April 2012 average pump prices could be approximately 10 ppl lower than if the Government had implemented the previous Government's fuel duty escalator in both 2011-12 and in 2012-13.
	The Government recently secured final EU clearance for the introduction of a 5 ppl rural fuel rebate pilot scheme in the Inner and Outer Hebrides, Northern Isles, islands in the Clyde and the Isles of Scilly that will come into force from 1 March 2012.

Members: Correspondence

Michael Crockart: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's letters of 22 April 2011, 7 June 2011, 9 August 2011, 29 August 2011, 13 September 2011 and 20 October 2011 concerning his constituents Mr and Mrs Scott and Equitable Life.

Mark Hoban: I have replied to the hon. Member.

Revenue and Customs: Government Procurement Card

Charlie Elphicke: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 17 October 2011, Official Report, column 702W, on Revenue and Customs: Government Procurement Card, 
	(1)  what the (a) name of the supplier and (b) purpose and function was of the entry 15 May Restaurants and Bars 702.73 in 2007;
	(2)  what the (a) name of the supplier and (b) purpose and function was of the entry 17 May Restaurants and Bars 560.00 in 2007;
	(3)  what the (a) name of the supplier and (b) purpose and function was of the entry 16 July Restaurants and Bars 575.35 in 2007;
	(4)  what the (a) name of the supplier and (b) purpose and function was of the entry 5 October Restaurants and Bars 514.15 in 2007;
	(5)  what the (a) name of the supplier and (b) purpose and function was of the entry 18 December Restaurants and Bars 559.60 in 2007;
	(6)  what the (a) name of the supplier and (b) purpose and function was of the entry 12 November Restaurants and Bars 509.36 in 2008.

David Gauke: For HMRC to provide all the information requested would mean extracting the information manually, which would exceed the disproportionate cost threshold, however from high level information held we can provide the following:
	
		
			 Posting date Merchant category group Amount (£) Response 
			 15 May 2007 Restaurant and Bars (1)702.73 (a) Bedford and Strand 
			   (1)— (b) French and UK Missing Trader Intra Community (MTIC) Co-ordination Group; reciprocal hospitality 
			     
			 17 May 2007 Restaurant and Bars 560.00 Would exceed disproportionate cost threshold—cardholder no longer in HMRC 
			     
			 16 July 2007 Restaurant and Bars (1)575.35 (a) Redacted—operationally sensitive 
			   (1)— (b) Fiscal Crime Liaison—reciprocal hospitality following a container profiling exercise in respect of smuggled cigarettes destined for UK Market 
			     
			 5 October 2007 Restaurant and Bars (1)514.15 (a) The Quilon Restaurant 
			   (1)— (b) High level delegation—international hospitality 
			     
			 18 December 2007 Restaurants and Bars (1)559.60 (a) Redacted—operationally sensitive 
			   (1)— (b) Accommodation/B&B for operational investigation team 
			     
			 12 November 2008 Restaurants and Bars (1)509.36 (a) Redacted—operationally sensitive 
			   (1)— (b) The UK hosted a meeting followed by a dinner to develop strategic engagement on the recovery of assets. International partners in attendance included senior representatives from the UAE Central Bank, the Head of Anti Money Laundering in the Dubai police, his deputy and other officers, officials from the Public Prosecutors Office in the Netherlands, together with the Dutch liaison officer, British embassy officials and senior HMRC officials. 
			 (1 )Suggests brace.

Taxation: Overseas Trade

Andrew Stephenson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue his Department received from trade with countries outside the EU in each of the last five financial years.

David Gauke: Revenue from trade with countries outside the EU is remitted to HM Revenue and Customs under value added tax on imports, customs duty, and excise duties including alcohol duty, tobacco products duty, and hydrocarbon oils duty.
	Annual receipts from import VAT since the financial year 1989-90 are published on a monthly basis in table 2 of the Value Added Tax Statistical Bulletin, which is available on the HM Revenue and Customs website:
	https://www.uktradeinfo.com/index.cfm?task=bullvat
	Annual receipts from customs duties since the financial year 2001-02 are published on a monthly basis in the Tax and NICs receipts: statistics table, which is available on the HM Revenue and Customs website:
	http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/tax_receipts/menu.htm
	Information on revenue from trade with countries outside the EU is not available for excise duties including alcohol duty, tobacco products duty, and hydrocarbon oils duty.

VAT: Registration

Roger Williams: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) VAT-registered and (b) non-VAT-registered businesses in (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland are (A) incorporated and (B) unincorporated. [R]

David Gauke: The estimated number of live VAT registered traders at the end of 2008-09 that were incorporated and unincorporated, by region, is as follows:
	
		
			  Incorporated Unincorporated 
			 England 875,000 595,000 
			 Wales 35,000 50,000 
			 Scotland 70,000 65,000 
			 Northern Ireland 20,000 55,000 
		
	
	The estimated number of non-VAT registered traders that are incorporated and unincorporated, by region in 2008-09, is as follows:
	
		
			  Incorporated Unincorporated 
			 England 420,000 1,995,000 
			 Wales 10,000 115,000 
			 Scotland 15,000 175,000 
			 Northern Ireland 5,000 70,000

Departmental Eggs

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that the same standards of animal welfare for whole eggs apply to imported liquefied eggs procured by (a) his Department and (b) public bodies for which he is responsible.

David Lidington: The small amount of liquid egg supplied to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the UK is bought through our catering contract in accordance with Government Buying Standards and is sourced from hens from an enriched cage system/
	It would incur disproportionate cost to source this information from our network of posts and our public bodies as this information is held locally.

Departmental Food

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps (a) his Department and (b) public bodies for which he is responsible are taking to ensure that they meet the Government's buying standards for food and catering.

David Lidington: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the UK have a contracted catering company (Compass). Compass currently meet the majority of, and are committed to meet the remaining new, Government Buying Standards for food and catering. They are working with their suppliers to achieve these and are contractually required to meet any new EU or UK legislation relating to the provision of catering services.
	It would incur disproportionate costs to source this information from our network of 260 posts and our public bodies as this information is held locally.

Human Trafficking

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what role the UK's overseas missions play in preventing human trafficking in source countries.

Jeremy Browne: The UK's missions, with staff from Departments across Whitehall including the Serious Organised Crime Agency, Department for International Development (DfID) and UK Border Agency, implement the Government's human trafficking strategy overseas. They work with foreign governments in source and transit countries to build their capacity to disrupt human trafficking, for example by working with investigators and prosecutors to increase prosecutions for human trafficking offences. They contribute to the UK's and international efforts to combat trafficking by ensuring that UK interests are effectively represented bilaterally and in multilateral forums including the EU and the UN. Our missions also address the root causes of human trafficking through DfID's work to alleviate poverty overseas.

Departmental Disclosure of Information

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will instigate an inquiry into the announcement of the details on the youth contract by the media prior to the announcement of such details to Parliament.

Chris Grayling: The details of the Youth Contract were released by the Department for Work and Pensions via a written ministerial statement on the morning of 25 November 2011. Official Report, columns 42-44WS.
	Subsequent to this statement being tabled, the Department placed a press release on its website.
	The Department will not be instigating an inquiry into this announcement.

Departmental Disclosure of Information

Peter Bone: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 25 November 2011, on youth contract, if he will publish the media grid in relation to the launch of the youth contract, including the details of information provided to the media prior to the issue of the statement.

Chris Grayling: The details of the youth contract were released by the Department for Work and Pensions via a written ministerial statement on the morning of 25 November 2011, Official Report, columns 42-44WS.
	Subsequent to this statement being tabled, the Department placed a press release on its website.

Carbon Emissions

Jessica Morden: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions she has had with energy-intensive businesses in Wales on carbon floor pricing.

Cheryl Gillan: I have had a number of meetings on this issue with businesses in Wales including Tata Steel, Toyota and Airbus. In March I visited Tata Steel in Port Talbot with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, the right hon. Member for Twickenham (Vince Cable), to hear first hand the company's concerns about carbon floor pricing.
	It is important that we strike the right balance between reducing our carbon footprint and maintaining a competitive UK economy. I therefore welcome yesterday's announcement to provide up to £100 million over the spending review period to mitigate the impacts of the carbon floor on electricity costs to businesses that are electricity intensive and operate in internationally competitive markets from April 2013.

Carbon Emissions

Jessica Morden: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment she has made of the effect of carbon floor pricing on energy-intensive businesses in Wales.

Cheryl Gillan: Yesterday we announced support to enable energy intensive industries to remain internationally competitive and adjust to the transition to a low carbon economy. We will provide up to £100 million over the spending review period to mitigate the impacts of the carbon floor on electricity costs to businesses that are electricity intensive and operate in internationally competitive markets from April 2013.

Fuel Poverty

John Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representations he has received on fuel poverty in Northern Ireland.

Hugo Swire: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave earlier to the hon. Members for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham), Blaenau Gwent (Nick Smith) and Scunthorpe (Nic Dakin).

Heathrow to Belfast

Tom Greatrex: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with BMI and International Airlines Group on the London Heathrow to Belfast City air route.

Owen Paterson: I met Mr Willie Walsh, the chief executive of International Airlines Group on 16 November 2011 to discuss the opportunities that Northern Ireland airports can offer airlines and the needs of Northern Ireland business and leisure passengers.

Foreign Investment in UK

Dan Byles: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with the US administration on inward investment in Northern Ireland.

Owen Paterson: I have had regular discussions on inward investment with representatives of the US Administration, most recently at meetings with the State Department in October.
	The lead responsibility for attracting inward investment lies with the Northern Ireland Executive but we co-operate closely in support of their efforts.

Accident and Emergency Departments

Chris Skidmore: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people over the age of (a) 65, (b) 75 and (c) 85 years were admitted to accident and emergency centres in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.

Simon Burns: Patients are not admitted to accident and emergency (A&E) centres; though they may be admitted to other hospital departments following an attendance at an A&E department. Statistics for admissions to A&E are therefore not available.
	Statistics are available for attendances at A&E departments though not for the exact age ranges requested, and have only been published since 2007-08. The following table represents the most relevant and up to date statistics available:
	
		
			 A&E attendances 
			  Year 
			 Age group 2007-08 2008  -09 2009-10 
			 60 to 69 886,748 1,035,865 1,186,933 
			 70 to 79 842,406 983,427 114,954 
			 80 to 89 720,805 865,588 991,054 
			 90 to 99 185,830 214,734 256,618 
			 100+ 7,150 9,377 n/a 
			 n/a = Not available.

Council for Health and Regulatory Excellence: Standards

Stephen Barclay: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to measure the performance and outcomes of the Council for Health and Regulatory Excellence.

Anne Milton: The Department holds quarterly accountability meetings with the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence to monitor the performance of the organisation and to ensure that the council is fulfilling its statutory functions as set out in legislation.
	In addition, the Department reviews the Council's annual reports and accounts which are laid before Parliament. The Department also reviews the Council's annual performance review on the effectiveness of the regulators in protecting the public and promoting confidence in health professionals, which is also laid before Parliament.

Departmental Advisory Services

Jonathan Edwards: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has been involved in the cross-government review of advice funding.

Paul Burstow: The Government are committed to ensuring that people continue to have access to good quality free advice in their communities and, in connection with this, will be carrying out a review of free advice services, beginning in November 2011 and ending in early 2012.
	The review, together with a new £16.8 million central Government fund to help not-for-profit free advice services in England, was announced by the Minister for Civil Society the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner (Mr Hurd) on 21 November 2011.
	The cross-government review, to be led by the Cabinet Office, will look at the funding environment for these services, likely levels of demand, and how government can play a positive role. Although, the focus of the review will be on debt, welfare benefits, housing and employment advice, these are all determinants of health and therefore the Department is keen to be involved in the review.

Drugs

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  for what reasons he decided not to proceed with the earlier access to medicines scheme proposed by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  for what reasons the Earlier Access to Medicines Working Group was disbanded;
	(3)  what steps he is taking to increase earlier access to unlicensed medicines via (a) clinical trials and (b) named patient programmes;
	(4)  what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the regulatory framework for accessing unlicensed medicines.

Simon Burns: The earlier access to medicines scheme was developed by a working group established by the Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory Agency (MHRA) in 2009. The working group was disbanded in 2010 when the framework for an earlier access scheme had been agreed. A decision was taken by Ministers in early 2011 not to take the scheme forward to public consultation at that time because of other significant changes taking place within the national health service, including the introduction of the Cancer Drugs Fund in April 2011.
	The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) makes it possible for patients and health professionals across England to participate in relevant clinical trials, including trials of unlicensed medicines. Investment by the Department of Health in the NIHR CRN has increased from £157.5 million in 2008-09 to £300.9 million in 2010-11.
	The NIHR has worked with partners to improve the cost-effectiveness of the United Kingdom as an environment for clinical trials, including through use of model agreements and costing templates. The NIHR also manages the UK Clinical Trials Gateway, an online resource providing information about trials running in the UK. Phase 2 of the Gateway was launched in March 2011, and Phase 3 will be released in 2012.
	The UK has long made use of the derogation in Article 5 (1) of European Directive 2001/83/EC which permits member states to put in place national arrangements allowing an authorised health care professional to commission the manufacture and importation of an unlicensed medicine to meet the special needs of an individual patient under his direct personal responsibility. It is therefore possible under existing legislation for doctors and certain other prescribers in the UK to access unlicensed medicines to meet the clinical needs of individual patients. The MHRA is currently reviewing the operation of these national arrangements.

Fluoride: Hampshire

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  on what date he expects (a) Southampton city council and (b) New Forest district council to take over responsibility from the South Central Strategic Health Authority for deciding whether fluoride should be added to drinking water in their areas;
	(2)  what his policy is on the appropriateness of the decision of the South Central Strategic Health Authority to proceed with the fluoridation of drinking water in (a) Southampton and (b) part of the New Forest East constituency whilst (i) Southampton city council and (ii) New Forest district council remain opposed to it.

Anne Milton: South Central strategic health authority (SHA) has complied with the current legislation, which was in force in 2008 when the SHA conducted the consultation on the fluoridation scheme. Under regulation 5 of The Water Fluoridation (Consultation) (England) Regulations 2005, SHAs have to determine the outcome of a consultation “having regard to the extent of support for the proposal and the cogency of the arguments advanced ...”.
	The Health and Social Care Bill currently before Parliament provides for responsibility for consultations on fluoridation to transfer to local authorities. The Bill includes powers to make new regulations which will include the criteria which local authorities should apply in determining when consultations on the continuance of existing fluoridation schemes should be conducted. We will be consulting on the content of these regulations before they are laid before Parliament.

NHS: Finance

Andrew Gwynne: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 November 2011, Official Report, column 602W, on clinical commissioning groups, which primary care trusts forecast an aggregate surplus; and what the surplus is for each such trust.

Simon Burns: At quarter 1 of 2011-12, there were 148 primary care trusts forecasting an aggregate surplus between them, of £517 million. The breakdown of this forecast surplus is shown in the following table:
	
		
			 Primary care trust 2011-12 quarter 1 forecast surplus (£000) 
			 Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT 2,726 
			 Barking and Dagenham PCT 2,200 
			 Barnsley PCT 3,000 
			 Bassetlaw PCT 1,700 
			 Bath and North East Somerset PCT 2,685 
			 Bedfordshire PCT 500 
			 Berkshire East PCT 200 
			 Berkshire West PCT 1,566 
			 Bexley NHS Care Trust PCT 2,245 
			 Birmingham East and North PCT 0 
			 Blackburn with Darwen Teaching Care Trust Plus PCT 1,372 
			 Blackpool PCT 1,399 
			 Bolton PCT 1,000 
			 Bournemouth and Poole Teaching PCT 5,356 
			 Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT 8,300 
			 Brent Teaching PCT 11,602 
			 Brighton and Hove City Teaching PCT 4,615 
			 Bristol PCT 3,955 
			 Bromley PCT 5,993 
			 Buckinghamshire PCT 100 
			 Bury PCT 251 
			 Calderdale PCT 3,600 
			 Cambridgeshire PCT 0 
			 Camden PCT 22,804 
			 Central and Eastern Cheshire PCT 3,444 
			 Central Lancashire PCT 3,653 
			 City and Hackney Teaching PCT 7,117 
			 Cornwall and Isles Of Scilly PCT 8,562 
			 County Durham PCT 1,000 
			 Coventry Teaching PCT 5,800 
			 Croydon PCT 8,301 
			 Cumbria Teaching PCT 4,146 
			 Darlington PCT 300 
			 Derby City PCT 2,974 
			 Derbyshire County PCT 8,000 
			 Devon PCT 3,500 
			 Doncaster PCT 2,700 
			 Dorset PCT 6,133 
			 Dudley PCT 1,000 
		
	
	
		
			 Ealing PCT 6,105 
			 East Lancashire Teaching PCT 3,324 
			 East Riding of Yorkshire PCT 5,200 
			 East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT 5,480 
			 Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT 9,000 
			 Gateshead PCT 500 
			 Gloucestershire PCT 8,685 
			 Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT 1,000 
			 Greenwich Teaching PCT 4,612 
			 Halton and St Helens PCT 500 
			 Hammersmith and Fulham PCT 5,421 
			 Hampshire PCT 0 
			 Harrow PCT 0 
			 Hartlepool PCT 100 
			 Hastings and Rother PCT 3,353 
			 Havering PCT 0 
			 Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT 5,000 
			 Herefordshire PCT 250 
			 Hertfordshire PCT 0 
			 Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT 2,000 
			 Hillingdon PCT 0 
			 Hounslow PCT 4,110 
			 Hull Teaching PCT 3,200 
			 Isle of Wight NHS PCT 2,461 
			 Islington PCT 18,652 
			 Kensington and Chelsea PCT 5,527 
			 Kingston PCT 3,959 
			 Kirklees PCT 8,300 
			 Knowsley PCT 1,619 
			 Lambeth PCT 6,605 
			 Leeds PCT 25,200 
			 Leicester City PCT 3,640 
			 Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT 6,223 
			 Lewisham PCT 5,375 
			 Lincolnshire Teaching PCT 9,543 
			 Liverpool PCT 9,217 
			 Luton Teaching PCT 0 
			 Manchester PCT 1,000 
			 Medway PCT 4,495 
			 Mid Essex PCT 1,000 
			 Middlesbrough PCT 600 
			 Milton Keynes PCT 100 
			 Newcastle PCT 250 
			 Newham PCT 9,738 
			 Norfolk PCT 1,000 
			 North East Essex PCT 1,000 
			 North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus PCT 1,800 
			 North Lancashire Teaching PCT 2,200 
			 North Lincolnshire PCT 2,000 
			 North Somerset PCT 1,063 
			 North Staffordshire PCT 250 
			 North Tyneside PCT 500 
			 North Yorkshire and York PCT 0 
			 Northamptonshire Teaching PCT 7,017 
		
	
	
		
			 Northumberland Care PCT 250 
			 Nottingham City PCT 3,400 
			 Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT 3,333 
			 Oldham PCT 2,015 
			 Oxfordshire PCT 2,184 
			 Peterborough PCT 0 
			 Plymouth Teaching PCT 2,165 
			 Portsmouth City Teaching PCT 1,656 
			 Redbridge PCT 2,000 
			 Redcar and Cleveland PCT 150 
			 Richmond and Twickenham PCT 4,199 
			 Rotherham PCT 2,200 
			 Salford PCT 2,260 
			 Sandwell PCT 1,000 
			 Sefton PCT 2,548 
			 Sheffield PCT 500 
			 Shropshire County PCT 1,000 
			 Solihull PCT 0 
			 Somerset PCT 7,965 
			 South Birmingham PCT 1,000 
			 South East Essex PCT 850 
			 South Gloucestershire PCT 1,397 
			 South Staffordshire PCT 750 
			 South Tyneside PCT 200 
			 South West Essex PCT 0 
			 Southampton City PCT 1,943 
			 Southwark PCT 5,857 
			 Stockport PCT 667 
			 Stockton-on-Tees Teaching PCT 400 
			 Stoke on Trent PCT 2,000 
			 Suffolk PCT 6,100 
			 Sunderland Teaching PCT 300 
			 Surrey PCT 1,000 
		
	
	
		
			 Sutton and Merton PCT 3,240 
			 Swindon PCT 2,945 
			 Tameside and Glossop PCT 1,000 
			 Telford and Wrekin PCT 1,000 
			 Torbay Care PCT 2,494 
			 Tower Hamlets PCT 8,000 
			 Trafford PCT 1,800 
			 Wakefield District PCT 3,100 
			 Walsall Teaching PCT 729 
			 Waltham Forest PCT 0 
			 Wandsworth PCT 12,322 
			 Warrington PCT 1,543 
			 Warwickshire PCT 200 
			 West Essex PCT 400 
			 West Kent PCT 1,000 
			 West Sussex PCT 12,800 
			 Western Cheshire PCT 1,975 
			 Westminster PCT 12,577 
			 Wiltshire PCT 6,460 
			 Wirral PCT 2,000 
			 Wolverhampton City PCT 15,008 
			 Worcestershire PCT 3,000 
			 Total 516,855

NHS: Private Patients

Simon Reevell: To ask the Secretary of State for Health 
	(1)  whether permitting the use of private patient financial payments towards the cost of NHS medical device treatments whilst undergoing NHS medical care would require primary legislation; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  what legal advice he has received on whether patients wishing to privately purchase non-NHS funded medical device treatments are permitted to continue their treatment under the NHS; and if he will make a statement;
	(3)  whether he has considered issuing new NHS legal guidance on whether patients wishing to privately purchase non-NHS funded medical device treatments are permitted to continue their treatment under the NHS.

Simon Burns: The National Health Service Act 2006 makes clear that NHS services must be provided free of charge except where charges are provided for in legislation. There are powers to introduce charges through regulations, but the Government have committed not to introduce any new charges this Parliament.
	The legislation relating to charging in the NHS was made clear in Professor Sir Mike Richards’ report ‘Improving access to medicines for NHS patients’ which was commissioned by the previous Administration and published in November 2008 following a period of public consultation. The report can be found at the Department's website:
	www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_089927
	In response to the consultation, and to clarify current legislation, the Departments revised ‘Guidance on NHS patients who wish to pay for additional private care’ which was published in March 2009 gave several case studies on how this could work in practice, covering drug interventions, as well as non-drug interventions. This guidance establishes that, where a patient opts to pay for private care, their entitlement to NHS services remains and may not be withdrawn. This includes the principle that privately-funded and NHS-funded care should be kept as clearly separate as possible, to ensure that NHS funding is not used to subsidise private care and that NHS patients are not charged for their treatment, which would breach NHS principles and legislation. The guidance also recognises that in exceptional cases there may be overriding concerns of patient safety that mean private and NHS care cannot be provided separately. The guidance can be found at the Department's website:
	www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Lettersandcirculars/DH_096427
	Copies of both documents have already been placed in the Library.
	This Government have decided to maintain the position recommended by Professor Sir Mike Richards, and we have no current plans to review the existing guidance on how the NHS is allowed to provide private care.

Animal Experiments

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2011, Official Report, columns 166-8W, on animal experiments, how much time the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Inspectorate devoted (a) in total and (b) per full-time equivalent inspector to providing advice on (i) preliminary project licence applications, (ii) project licence applications and (iii) project licence amendments.

Lynne Featherstone: We do not record the information requested, only the number of formal licence applications. Typically inspectors devote about one third of their time to project licence applications, both advising applicants and assessing applications in order to advise the Secretary of State for the Home Department, my right Friend the hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May).

Animal Experiments

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2011, Official Report, columns 166-68W, on animal experiments, how many preliminary project licence applications were not proceeded with directly due to Animals in Science Regulation Unit Inspectorate advice that a formal application would be refused and could not be amended to allow approval in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.

Lynne Featherstone: We do not record the information requested, only the number of formal licence applications. Typically, an inspector will meet with an applicant at an early stage in the preparation of their application. If it is clear at that stage, or any subsequent stage, that an application does not fulfil the requirements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 then the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Inspectorate will advise the applicant. Applicants can ask for a second opinion and this is always provided. They normally either withdraw their application on the basis of this advice, or significantly amend it to make it more acceptable.
	On very rare occasions they may decide to press on with their application in spite of the advice of inspectors, in which case they may appeal under Section 12 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 once the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May) has informed them of her intention to not authorise the application.

Animal Experiments

Kerry McCarthy: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2011, Official Report, columns 166-68W, on animal experiments, how many preliminary project licence applications (a) in total and (b) per full-time equivalent inspector, the Animals in Science Regulation Unit Inspectorate provided initial advice on in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009 and (iii) 2010.

Lynne Featherstone: We do not record the information requested, only the number of formal licence applications. Numbers of formal project licence applications assessed by inspectors (a) in total and (b) per full-time inspector are as follows:
	(i) 2008: 695; 31.03
	(ii) 2009: 541; 23.99
	(iii) 2010: 515; 23.33.

Theft: Metals

Alan Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse from metal theft over the last 12 months.

James Brokenshire: Information on the extent of metal theft and its costs are not collated centrally. The most recent studies estimate the cost of metal theft to the UK at between £220 million and £260 million per year (Deloitte, 2011) and £777 million (Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), 2010).

Theft: Metals

Alan Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have had with Ministers from (i) the Department for Transport and (ii) the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on metal theft since May 2010.

James Brokenshire: Home Office Ministers have had a number of discussions with Ministers from other Departments to consider what approach should be taken to tackle metal theft, including with the Department for Transport and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Theft: Metals

Alan Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which Ministers in her Department have received oral briefings from the National Metal Theft Crime Unit; and when such briefings were given.

James Brokenshire: Home Office Ministers have not received any briefings from the disbanded National Metal Theft Crime Unit. They have received numerous briefings from the Association of Chief Police Officers and the British Transport Police who jointly operated the unit.

Theft: Metals

Alan Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with HM Revenue and Customs on metal theft.

James Brokenshire: Home Office Ministers have had discussions with Ministers from other Government Departments to consider a range of options to tackle metal theft, including with HM Treasury. Discussions have also been held between Home Office and HM Revenue and Customs officials on this topic.

Armed Forces: Education

Fabian Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what nationally recognised (a) GCSE, (b) AS-level, (c) A-level, (d) BTEC, (e) HNC, (f) HND and (g) NVQ qualifications were studied by recruits at the Army Technical Foundation College Winchester; and how many recruits achieved each such qualification in the latest period for which figures are available.

Nick Harvey: Recruits at the Army Technical Foundation College Winchester ATFC(W) do not undertake GCSE, AS Level, A Level, BTEC, HNC, HND or NVQ qualifications.
	The purpose of phase 1 education at the ATFC(W) is to set in place the academic foundation that the recruits will require in order to succeed at their chosen apprenticeships in phase 2.
	The nationally recognised qualification that is studied and attained by recruits at the ATFC(W) is in functional skills in either numeracy or literacy. The number of recruits who passed the numeracy and- literacy tests since September 2008 is shown in the following table:
	
		
			  Number of recruits passed numeracy test Number of recruits passed literacy test 
			 September 2008 to March 2009 119 113 
			 March 2009 to September 2009 296 306 
			 September 2009 to March 2010 298 298 
			 March 2010 to September 2010 105 121 
			 March 2011 to October 2011 37 44

Armed Forces: Recruitment

Madeleine Moon: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average cost was of recruitment per recruit for the (a) Royal Air Force, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army in 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

Andrew Robathan: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 1 November 2011, Official Report, columns 549-50W. The Ministry of Defence recently undertook a project to ascertain the full cost of regular and reserve recruiting and selection in 2009-10. This showed that the cost of all recruiting activities and support to recruiting was some £232 million. This can be broken down across the services as follows:
	
		
			  Cost (£ million) Intake 2009-10 Per recruit (£000) 
			 Navy 41 4,150 10 
			 Army 139 14,180 10 
			 RAF 51 3,470 15 
		
	
	Figures have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts.
	While the figures can be used to derive an average cost per recruit, as shown above, variations in trade groups, entry requirements and the whole recruitment process combined with the many other differences between the services means there is no such thing as an 'average' recruit or 'average cost' per recruit. Intake figures include re-entrants and intake from the reserves as well as directly trained entrants. Depending upon service and trade group, specialist assessment may be necessary; for example, potential pilots are required to undergo a significantly longer and more rigorous medical assessment than most other applicants.

Armed Forces: Termination of Employment

Jim Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many military personnel will have been made redundant (a) compulsorily and (b) voluntarily from the (i) Army, (ii) Navy and (iii) Royal Air Force by 2015.

Andrew Robathan: I refer the right hon. Member to the answers I gave on 21 November 2011, Official Report, column 29W, to the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon).

Armed Forces: Training

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people applied for a place at Sandhurst Academy in each of the last five years; and how many such people were rejected.

Nick Harvey: The following table provides the number of Army Officer applicants who were invited to attend the three and a half day Army Officer Selection Board (AOSB) and those that were successful
	
		
			 Financial year Those that having applied to join the Army   and   were invited to attend AOSB Those that were successful at AOSB 
			 2011-12 to 31 October 2011 1,527 499 
			 2010-11 1,649 822 
			 2009-10 1,861 860 
			 2008-09 1,482 816 
			 2007-08 1,068 608 
		
	
	Those that are found unsuccessful at any stage of the officer recruitment process will be given feedback on where they have not met the required standard. Those who attend AOSB and are unsuccessful are rarely rejected outright. Their application will usually remain open, should they at some point decide to re-apply.
	These figures do not include: serving regular soldiers or serving Gurkha soldiers applying to become officers, Territorial Army applicants or professionally qualified officer applicants (doctors, lawyers, etc.).

Armed Forces: Wills

Jim Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what advice his Department provides to members of the armed forces based in Scotland on the drawing up of wills; and whether family members are able to be both beneficiary and executor.

Andrew Robathan: The Ministry of Defence (MOD) operates a system where service personnel are given the opportunity to complete a will and store it securely, free of charge. Commanding officers are instructed to ensure that all personnel entitled to make a will are urged to do so and that time is set aside in the unit programme for completion or amendment of the will by the individual. The importance of drawing up a will is emphasised during phase one training. It is made clear where legal advice can be sought either within or outside of the services.
	The services also issue a will form (MOD form 106) with detailed instructions to facilitate the process. The form provides a simple, legal template for use by any service personnel regardless of service, rank, marital status or age. However, personnel are not obliged to use the MOD form and can make alternative private arrangements for drawing up a will. Throughout the year, service units are required to publish notices on routine orders reminding individuals of the importance of possessing an up-to-date will.
	Since March 2011, the recording and processing of will information has been enhanced on the joint personnel administration system giving greater assurance to the accuracy of will information held. The services' will form is currently being reviewed to ensure that it remains fit for purpose.
	I can confirm that under Scottish law an individual may be both the beneficiary and executor of a family member's will.

HMS Ark Royal

Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what defence-related restrictions he plans to apply when deciding whether or not to sell the Ark Royal to the Chinese government; what information his Department holds on the benefit derived by the Chinese navy from its reverse-engineering of a previously purchased aircraft carrier; what assessment his Department has made of the purposes to which the Chinese government intends to put the Ark Royal if its bid for the vessel is successful; and if he will make it his policy not to sell the Ark Royal to China.

Peter Luff: holding answer 29 November 2011
	There is no intention to sell HMS Ark Royal to the Chinese or any other Government. HMS Ark Royal is being disposed of by commercial tendering to the most appropriate bidder, either for use in a non-military capacity or for recycling. Work to evaluate a number of bids is under way but no decisions have yet been made.

Navy: Pitcairn Islands

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when a Royal Navy ship last visited Pitcairn Island (a) to patrol UK waters and (b) in any other capacity.

Nick Harvey: Due to the remoteness of the Pitcairn Islands any Royal Navy ship visiting requires the support of a dedicated Royal Fleet Auxiliary supply ship. HMS Sutherland accompanied by RFA Bayleaf visited in September 2000.

Piracy

Lyn Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effects on his Department's at sea counter-piracy work of the proposed reductions in his Department's budget.

Nick Harvey: Since 2008, the Ministry of Defence has contributed to EU, NATO and Combined Maritime Forces counter piracy operations. The proposed reductions in budget have so far had limited impact on our at sea counter piracy work. Operation Atalanta continues to be run from Northwood under UK command, and we contribute vessels to NATO's Operation Ocean Shield and provide the Deputy Operation Commander to the US-led Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). UK officials also play a leading role within the international Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, which seeks to deliver a coherent international response to this difficult problem.

RAF Cottesmore and Kinloss

Jim Murphy: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Army and (b) civilian personnel will be stationed at (i) RAF Kinloss and (ii) RAF Cottesmore in each year between 2011 and 2015.

Andrew Robathan: The Army announced a package of preliminary moves on 10 November which stated that some 930 service personnel and their families would move into Kinloss from summer 2012 and some 1,070 into Cottesmore between the summer of 2012 and 2013. At this time the civilian personnel requirements are still being worked through in terms of the numbers, specialisms and grades. There will be full trade unions consultation as the situation becomes clearer.
	Further work is currently ongoing into the future size and structure of the Army and this is expected to provide the detail of the estate requirements for the remaining units returning from Germany. Until this work is complete it is too early to say whether there will be other unit moves to these locations.

Yemen: Military Aid

Richard Burden: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2011, Official Report, columns 34-5W, on Yemen, what the training is which is being provided to Yemeni officers in the UK.

Nick Harvey: holding answer 29 November 2011
	Yemeni officers are currently undertaking training on courses at the following establishments within UK:
	Royal College of Defence Studies: strategic development and training for senior officers.
	Joint Services Command and Staff College: staff training for middle ranking officers.
	Britannia Royal Naval College: Navy initial officer training.
	Royal Military Academy Sandhurst: Army initial officer training.
	Defence School of Languages: English language training.

Departmental Food

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps (a) his Department and (b) public bodies for which he is responsible are taking to ensure that they meet the Government's buying standards for food and catering.

Gregory Barker: DECC receives its catering services through a contract procured by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
	The Government Buying Standards for Food were not published at the time of the competition for DEFRA’s catering contract. However, it was made clear in the tendering specification that when established and as amended from time to time, the successful caterer would be required to comply with the Government Buying Standards. This condition applies to the whole of the DEFRA contract and DEFRA is determined to ensure that the standards are met in full.
	In relation to those DECC non-departmental public bodies who have contracts covering catering:
	the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's (NDA) facilities management provider is responsible for the provision of catering through a contract with an external catering company. The NDA's Facilities Management contract was procured through a Government Procurement Service framework and meets the Government buying standards; and
	60% of Coal Authority catering purchases meet the Government buying standards.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Barry Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he has requested an increase in the overall cap set by the control framework for his Department's levy-funded spending since the implementation of the framework.

Gregory Barker: The Department has not requested an increase in the overall cap set by the control framework as the cap was established at the 2010 spending review and covers the entire spending review period to 2014-15. Should other policies be classified as levies by the Office of National Statistics and fall within the control framework, the Department and HM Treasury will come to an agreement on how these are to be accommodated within the framework.

Energy

Barry Gardiner: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on what date he expects the annual Energy Statement for 2011 to be published.

Charles Hendry: The Annual Energy Statement (AES) was published in the form of an oral statement in Parliament by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, the right hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne) on 23 November 2011, Official Report, columns 299-302.
	For the full text of the AES please see:
	http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/aes_2011/aes_2011.aspx

Energy: Conservation

Caroline Flint: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent representations he has received on the British Standards Institution's draft document PAS2030.

Gregory Barker: The British Standards Institute ran a consultation on the draft PAS 2030.
	176 organisations and individuals responded, resulting in 660 detailed comments. Many of these will be reflected in a revised PAS 2030 which is due to be published at the end of January 2012.

Energy: Meters

Pat Glass: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households in North West Durham constituency use pre-payment meters to pay for their energy supplies.

Charles Hendry: Ofgem monitors and publishes information about gas and electricity prepayment customers (in its Monitoring Company Performance Quarterly Reports). The data are published for England, Scotland and Wales and not on a parliamentary constituency basis. In March 2011, the last period for which data have been published, the number of customers in England using prepayment meters was 2.3 million for gas and 3.2 million for electricity.

High Speed 2 Railway Line: Construction

Roger Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when her Department plans to announce the proposed works to be undertaken in Phase I of the Y network for High Speed 2; how such works will facilitate any proceeding works for Phase II; and what works will facilitate any interim arrangements.

Justine Greening: I will make an announcement on the scheme in December and should this be to proceed, the proposed alignment to be undertaken in Phase 1 of the Y network (London to West Midlands) would accommodate the anticipated alignment of Phase 2.

High Speed 2 Railway Line: Environment Protection

Roger Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she will publish an assessment of the environmental impact of the proposed High Speed 2 railway line on the countryside.

Justine Greening: The recent high speed rail consultation was accompanied by an appraisal of sustainability which assessed the potential impact the scheme might have on the environment. Should the scheme proceed, an environmental impact assessment would be undertaken to look at issues in greater detail and allow an environmental statement to be produced and consulted on.

High Speed 2 Railway Line: Finance

Roger Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when her Department will publish (a) its summary of the financial case for the proposed High Speed 2 (HS2) railway line, (b) the projected financial contribution to HS2 from sources out with her Department and (c) the projected financial contribution to HS2 from her Department and the potential effect of that contribution on funding of the remainder of the railway network.

Justine Greening: Subject to the outcome of the public consultation, the business case for the Government's proposals on HS2, which includes the financial case, will continually evolve throughout the development of the scheme. Should the Government proceed with HS2 we would look to make available information on the financial implications of the project.

High Speed Trains

Roger Godsiff: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she will publish full details of the technical basis for her Department's statement that operating 18 trains per hour, or more, is feasible on a high-speed rail line with train speeds upwards of 225 mph.

Justine Greening: The Transport Select Committee has published evidence provided by HS2 Ltd on the feasibility of operating 18 trains per hour on the proposed high speed rail network. The evidence is available at question 9 of the following report:
	http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmtran/1185/1185we39.htm
	HS2 Ltd subsequently published the technical reports underpinning its feasibility assessment. The reports are available at:
	http://www.hs2.org.uk/freedom-of-information/FOI11-312-77862

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps her Department has taken to encourage more people to buy environmentally-friendly cars.

Norman Baker: holding answer 29 November 2011
	The Department for Transport leads for the UK in negotiating efficiency standards for new cars and regulations through the EU. As a result of existing regulations new cars will on average be 40% more efficient in 2020 compared to 2008.
	The Department is promoting uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles through the Plug-In Car Grant (PiCG) which provides a grant of 25% towards the cost of an eligible vehicle, up to a maximum of £5,000.
	The Department also encourages people to choose lower CO2 cars through the successful car labelling scheme. The colour-coded fuel economy label for new cars is now displayed in over 90% of new car dealerships. A similar label scheme for used cars was introduced in 2009.

Council Tax: Second Homes

Stephen Gilbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how councils will be able to measure accurately the number of second homes in their area after proposals to end the council tax discount for second homes come into place.

Bob Neill: In its consultation paper “Technical Reforms of Council Tax”, the Government recognises that if authorities choose, as it proposes they might, not to offer a discount on second homes, it will become more difficult in practice to distinguish second homes from other dwellings; and asks respondents how authorities might then identify them. The consultation will close on 29 December, and the Government's Response will be published as soon as possible thereafter.

High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers

Meg Munn: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the cost effectiveness of retrofitting high rise tower blocks with automatic fire suppression systems; and if he will make a statement.

Andrew Stunell: We have not made a formal assessment. However, it is the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser's view that it would not be economically viable or practical to fit sprinklers to all existing high-rise residential buildings.
	It is a matter for individual housing owners and landlords to decide if automatic fire suppression is required as part of their fire safety strategy, based on their fire risk assessment.

Homelessness

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of homelessness acceptances there have been since 2009-10 where the end of an assured shorthold tenancy is the cause of homelessness.

Grant Shapps: Information about English local housing authorities' actions under the homelessness legislation (part 7 of the Housing Act 1996) is collected at local authority level, and a summary is published by the Department in the quarterly Statistical Release on Statutory Homelessness, available both in the Library of the House and via the DCLG website:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/housing/housingresearch/housingstatistics/housingstatisticsby/homelessnessstatistics/publicationshomelessness/
	Breakdowns are collected of the reasons for loss of last settled home and the data is published in the table at the following link.
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/statistics/xls/1984198.xls
	Included are the number of households owed the main homelessness duty for which an end of an assured shorthold tenancy was the reason for loss of last settled home.

Planning Permission

Roberta Blackman-Woods: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what status existing planning policy (a) statements, (b) guidance and (c) circulars will have until the National Planning Policy Framework comes into force.

Greg Clark: Existing planning policy statements, guidance and circulars remain in place and continue to have the same status and effect under planning legislation until the National Planning Policy Framework comes into force. At that time the National Planning Policy Framework will replace existing planning policy documents. The proposed list of planning policy documents to be cancelled is set out at page 13, paragraph 38 of the National Planning Policy Framework consultation document which can be found at:
	http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuilding/draftframeworkconsultation
	Questions 4(a) and 4(b) in the consultation asked what light-touch guidance should accompany the new framework, and what organisations are best placed to provide it. We are now reviewing response to the consultation.

Regeneration: South West Region

Justin Tomlinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to support regeneration in (a) Swindon Borough and (b) the South West.

Grant Shapps: Government are taking a new approach to regeneration and are working to give communities and local partners the powers, tools and information that they need to address local priorities for regeneration and growth. For example:
	Swindon and Wiltshire are establishing a Local Enterprise Partnership which will bring together the private and public sectors to drive forward economic growth. The partnership will direct £6 million of funding that has been allocated to the Swindon and Wiltshire through the Growing Places Fund, which will support infrastructure and help to unlock economic development and housing.
	Local Enterprise Partnerships have already been established in the West of England, Heart of the South West, Cornwall, and Dorset. Between them they have a provisional allocation of £42.4 million from the Growing Places fund.
	Swindon is one of the first 16 areas to have established a Community Budget for families with multiple problems. They are using the new freedoms the approach gives them to redesign services across different service boundaries.
	We are working with Swindon borough council to better utilise public assets to make savings, promote growth and help regenerate areas. The Swindon Capital Asset and Pathfinder Programme is run by the Local Government Association who are supporting a further 15 authorities including Wiltshire, Devon, Somerset and Bournemouth.
	Swindon borough council propose to transfer their council housing stock to a Housing Association to access significant private investment funding to maintain the housing stock and support regeneration in neighbourhoods.
	The Homes and Communities Agency is supporting the regeneration of Union Square in the town centre with more than £12 million from the Agency. The Agency has also recently completed a contract with GreenSquare group to invest £1.7 million in the delivery of 81 Affordable Rent and 13 Affordable Home Ownership units in Swindon. The Agency is in discussions with the Council about Wichelstowe, which has planning permission for 3,650 homes, along with associated retail, commercial and community buildings. This is part of a wider investment through the Affordable Homes Programme which has seen the Agency allocate £1.8 billion in the delivery of 80,000 new affordable homes across England.
	Allocations under the Affordable Homes Programme for its South and South West operational area (which also includes Hampshire, Berkshire. Oxfordshire and the Isle of Wight) will see the Agency invest more than £241 million, to deliver 12,721 new affordable homes by 2015.
	49 sites have transferred from the South West Regional Development Agency to the Homes and Communities Agency who will work with local authorities, Local Enterprise Partnerships, businesses and other partners to ensure that the best benefits are secured—whether these are jobs, homes or businesses.
	The Regional Growth Fund has funded 13 bids in local areas across the South West creating and safeguarding an estimated 24,000 jobs. There are Enterprise Zones agreed in Bristol, Newquay and Gosport, that between them expect to create thousands of new jobs in the locality and will support regeneration in these areas.

Right to Buy Scheme

David Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has made to promote the take up of the right to buy.

Grant Shapps: The Department will consult widely on the Government's proposal to increase Right to Buy discounts.
	Subject to the outcome of the consultation, we will ensure that changes to the scheme are widely publicised.

Social Rented Housing: Armed Forces

Nick Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance the Government is giving to local authorities to ensure priority access for service and ex-service personnel for council accommodation.

Grant Shapps: We will consult on a change to the law in England by regulation to ensure that those who have served in the armed forces and have urgent housing needs should receive ‘additional preference’ (i.e. high priority) in social housing allocation schemes. We will also consult on regulations which make sure that service personnel who have to move from base to base do not lose their qualification rights to social housing. At the same time we will issue draft statutory allocations guidance for consultation which will provide advice on implementation of these regulations. More generally it will provide clear guidance on the different ways in which proper provision can and should be made for current and former service personnel, including through the use of local preference criteria.
	Ihave recently written to all hon. and right hon. Members to inform them of the actions that the Government are taking to ensure that current and ex-service personnel have the housing support they need, and am placing a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.

Social Rented Housing: Armed Forces

David Hamilton: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 
	(1)  how many members of the armed forces were on social housing waiting lists in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland in each of the last five years;
	(2)  what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on the Government's plans for additional preference in the allocation of social housing to members of the armed forces;
	(3)  which local authorities in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland give additional preference to (i) members of the armed forces and (ii) veterans when allocating social housing.

Grant Shapps: We do not hold information centrally on the number of armed forces personnel on social housing waiting lists in England, Wales or Scotland.
	Currently, the legislation allows, but does not require, local housing authorities in England and Wales to frame their allocation scheme to give additional preference to applicants, including current and former members of the armed forces, who are in urgent housing need. There is no similar requirement in Scottish legislation. We do not collect information centrally on the number or identity of local housing authorities which take advantage of this flexibility.
	The Housing Strategy published on 21 November included a commitment to consult on a change to the law which would require local housing authorities in England to provide for former service personnel with urgent housing needs to receive additional preference in their allocation scheme, so that they should always be at or near the top of waiting lists. Officials in my Department have discussed our proposals with their counterparts in the Welsh and Scottish Governments.
	I have recently written to all hon. and right hon. Members to inform them of the actions that the Government are taking to ensure that current and ex-service personnel have the housing support they need, and am placing a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.

Departmental Eggs

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to ensure that the same standards of animal welfare for whole eggs apply to imported liquefied eggs procured by his Department.

Alan Duncan: The Department for International Development's two UK office staff restaurants have operated under contract to Mitie Technical Facilities Management since December 2010 on a non-subsidised basis.
	Mitie Catering have advised that they do not purchase liquid egg for either of the two DFID sites.

Departmental Food

Huw Irranca-Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to ensure that it meets the Government's buying standards for food and catering.

Alan Duncan: The Department for International Development's two UK office staff restaurants have operated under contract to Mitie Technical Facilities Management since December 2010 on a non-subsidised basis.
	To ensure DFID's contract with Mitie Technical Facilities Management reflects the Government's commitment on UK buying standards on food, Mitie Catering must take full account and abide by the DEFRA Public Sector Food Procurement Initiatives (PSFPI).

Haiti: Asylum

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will consider having discussions with the government of the Dominican Republic on the financial assistance needed to deal with refugees from Haiti.

Alan Duncan: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) opened an office in the Dominican Republic in 2010 to provide assistance to refugees from Haiti and so is well placed to discuss this matter with the Government of the Dominican Republic. The UK's contribution to any necessary support would be from our core support to UNHCR (£118 million between 2011 and 2015).

International Assistance

Justin Tomlinson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals will be met.

Alan Duncan: The UK participated actively in the UN Millennium Development Goals Summit in September 2010 which agreed the document Keeping the Promise—United to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals. This set out a path towards meeting the MDGs, and the UK will remain at the forefront of international efforts to achieve the MDGs.
	We have also taken significant steps to make British aid more focused and effective as possible in order to maintain the momentum towards the MDGs. The bilateral aid review developed a set of results offers using British funds, underpinned by evidence and value for money, which will address each of the MDGs. At the same time the multilateral aid review examined the effectiveness of each of the international funds and organisations through which the UK also spends aid in order to tackle poverty.

Somalia: Politics and Government

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions he has had with the representatives of the World Food Programme on the reliability of estimates of the number of (a) people affected and (b) famine zones in respect of the crisis in Somalia.

Alan Duncan: Latest surveys by the United Nations' Food Security and Analysis Unit (FSNAU) show that the number of regions/population groups experiencing famine has fallen from six to three, and that four million people across Somalia will require humanitarian assistance until at least August 2012. FSNAU is the United Nations agency responsible for food security assessments undertaken inside Somalia. Staff from my Department are confident that the FSNAU's assessments are robust, but recognise that conflict and ongoing migration within and out of Somalia complicates the conduct of field surveys.
	I have discussed the humanitarian situation in Somalia with the Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP) several times during the current crisis. She has never questioned FSNAU's estimates which WFP feeds into.

Somalia: Reconstruction

Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his most recent assessment is of the level of recovery in Somalia; and if he will make a statement.

Alan Duncan: According to latest surveys undertaken by United Nations Food Security and Analysis Unit (FSNAU) famine conditions are now confined to three regions/population groups of south Somalia—down from six. While this represents an improvement, those areas no longer experiencing famine are still assessed to be in humanitarian emergency conditions, and FSNAU has warned that famine will re-emerge without relief aid. The provision of humanitarian aid, including that funded by the UK, has played a key role in the improved humanitarian context in Somalia.
	FSNAU's assessments show that famine still persists among internally displaced people in Afgooye and Mogadishu and in Middle Shabelle region. But with continued support by the start of 2012 these regions/population groups should no longer experience famine. Some four million Somalis will remain in crisis until at least August 2012.

Children: Protection

Craig Whittaker: To ask the Secretary of State for Education how he plans to ensure that the revised statutory guidance, Working Together to Safeguard Children, will be appropriately enforced on all relevant partner agencies.

Tim Loughton: holding answer 28 November 2011
	The Government response to Professor Eileen Munro's review of child protection committed to revising “Working Together to Safeguard Children” by July 2012.
	“Working Together to Safeguard Children” will provide guidance on how organisations and individuals should work together to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. The guidance will remain on a statutory footing and all relevant agencies must have regard to it.
	Ofsted will continue to undertake universal inspections of local authority safeguarding services. We are also working with all relevant inspectorates to consider how inspections can examine the effectiveness of all local services, in line with Professor Munro's recommendation. This will help drive further improvement in the safeguarding of children and young people.
	A multi-disciplinary Professional Advisory Group has been convened and is advising on proposed revisions to the statutory guidance. A full, formal consultation will commence on the revised “Working Together to Safeguard Children” from early 2012.

Children: Protection

Jonathan Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on improvements to the collection of data on child neglect by local authorities.

Tim Loughton: On 31 October 2011, the Government published “Safeguarding children in the reformed NHS: a co-produced work programme with Department of Health, Department for Education and other key stakeholders”. On the same day, the Under-Secretary of State for Public Health, my hon. Friend the Member for Guildford (Anne Milton), and I wrote to confirm our Departments' commitment to ensure robust arrangements for safeguarding children in the NHS of the future.
	The Department has been working with the Department of Health and the wider sector to take forward Professor Munro's recommendation to have a revised suite of local and national performance information to drive improvements in children's safeguarding.
	The Department for Education currently collects data annually from local authorities oh children who are the subject of a Child Protection Plan for physical, mental and sexual abuse or neglect. The draft child safeguarding data set published in Professor Munro's final report includes additional items that would give local authorities and central Government greater understanding of neglect and of other aspects of safeguarding children than is currently available through existing collections.
	We will be consulting formally on the draft data set in the new year prior to announcing the content of the data set in May 2012. We will continue working with the Department of Health as the work develops.

Local Safeguarding Children Boards

Craig Whittaker: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he plans to take to ensure local safeguarding children boards will be (a) appropriately resourced and (b) able to secure improvement in partner agencies in local areas.

Tim Loughton: holding answer 28 November 2011
	Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB) perform an important function in monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of what is done by the local authority and by board partners individually and collectively to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and advise them on ways to improve.
	LSCBs have a unique, system-wide, role to play in helping and protecting children and young people and the Government believe that their role and impact should be strengthened. We are currently exploring how best to do that with a range of partners in the sector and with LSCBs themselves. Part of this work will be to consider LSCBs' capacity at the local level to perform their role effectively.

Youth Services: Expenditure

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the percentage change in each local authority's expenditure on youth services between 2009-10 and 2010-11.

Tim Loughton: holding answer 24 November 2011
	Figures for actual spend by local authority in 2010-11 are not available until January 2012. Therefore the best estimate of the percentage change must be based on planned spend, for which figures are available for both years.
	According to the figures provided by local authorities the change in planned expenditure for each local authority on youth services between 2009-10 and 2010-11 may be found in the following table.
	
		
			 Planned spend on services for young people  (1,2) 
			   All provision of activities for YP 
			   2009-10 2010-11 % change 
			 201 City of London 666,000 652,898 -2 
			 202 Camden 9,192,225 8,607,759 -6 
			 203 Greenwich 8,615,757 8,557,550 -1 
			 204 Hackney 10,880,863 13,142,050 +21 
			 205 Hammersmith and Fulham 6,007,379 4,785,620 -20 
			 206 Islington 11,312,627 12,066,258 +7 
			 207 Kensington and Chelsea 5,666,300 6,238,850 +10 
			 208 Lambeth 9,119,050 8,091,789 -11 
			 209 Lewisham 10,079,874 8,883,241 -12 
			 210 Southwark 10,666,019 10,398,082 -3 
			 211 Tower Hamlets 9,878,854 16,429,891 +66 
			 212 Wandsworth 7,862,789 7,415,109 -6 
			 213 Westminster 7,005,950 5,860,550 -16 
			 301 Barking and Dagenham 5,059,980 4,840,071 -4 
			 302 Barnet 6,114,538 5,630,721 -8 
			 303 Bexley 4,369,000 4,359,000 -0 
			 304 Brent 6,437,645 6,530,052 +1 
			 305 Bromley 4,517,251 4,145,941 -8 
			 306 Croydon 11,414,496 10,641,250 -7 
			 307 Ealing 7,014,498 6,840,523 -2 
			 308 Enfield 7,275,953 5,854,891 -6 
			 309 Haringey 5,395,964 4,615,943 -14 
			 310 Harrow 4,793,500 4,356,019 -9 
			 311 Havering 5,043,568 5,060,303 +0 
			 312 Hillingdon 6,650,560 8,975,500 +35 
			 313 Hounslow 5,585,589 5,711,096 +2 
			 314 Kingston upon Thames 3,568,968 3,219,666 -10 
			 315 Merton 3,520,776 3,192,531 -9 
			 316 Newham 9,738,241 13,908,378 +43 
			 317 Redbridge 5,133,067 4,968,568 -3 
			 318 Richmond upon Thames 3,791,923 3,784,154 -0 
			 319 Sutton 7,550,300 3,422,200 -55 
			 320 Waltham Forest 6,985,154 7,449,204 +7 
			 330 Birmingham 26,166,460 24,070,039 -8 
			 331 Coventry 9,426,838 8,793,570 -7 
			 332 Dudley 7,714,682 7,329,603 -5 
			 333 Sandwell 9,068,100 8,927,500 -2 
			 334 Solihull 4,529,671 4,562,015 +1 
			 335 Walsall 7,539,228 7,745,741 +3 
			 336 Wolverhampton 8,576,870 8,322,820 -3 
			 340 Knowsley 2,377,634 4,294,098 +81 
			 341 Liverpool 15,759,505 15,936,302 +1 
			 342 St Helens 3,649,585 5,542,480 +52 
			 343 Sefton 6,102,474 9,472,502 +55 
			 344 Wirral 8,288,800 8,443,400 +2 
			 350 Bolton 7,906,881 7,971,700 +1 
			 351 Bury 3,852,349 3,910,407 +2 
			 352 Manchester 15,388,463 16,171,577 +5 
			 353 Oldham 3,280,501 2,944,790 -10 
		
	
	
		
			 354 Rochdale 5,689,387 5,605,645 -1 
			 355 Salford 6,521,300 7,877,215 +21 
			 356 Stockport 6,300,530 6,927,460 +10 
			 357 Tameside 4,667,000 6,129,250 +31 
			 358 Trafford 4,590,747 4,652,817 +1 
			 359 Wigan 8,637,708 8,958,539 +4 
			 370 Barnsley 6,003,995 5,809,438 -3 
			 371 Doncaster 7,186,799 7,826,198 +9 
			 372 Rotherham 7,131,039 7,004,053 -2 
			 373 Sheffield 12,374,088 16,814,023 +36 
			 380 Bradford 14,125,571 13,587,675 -4 
			 381 Calderdale 6,884,288 6,905,315 +0 
			 382 Kirklees 7,991,423 10,950,291 +37 
			 383 Leeds 21,068,041 23,174,220 +10 
			 384 Wakefield 8,988,646 9,745,673 +8 
			 390 Gateshead 4,436,510 3,441,537 -22 
			 391 Newcastle upon Tyne 8,941,630 8,359,241 -7 
			 392 North Tyneside 4,927,396 3,347,299 -32 
			 393 South Tyneside 4,515,776 5,588,360 +24 
			 394 Sunderland 13,760,677 13,344,370 -3 
			 420 Isles of Scilly 117,500 121,169 +3 
			 800 Bath and North East Somerset 3,059,572 3,348,192 +9 
			 801 Bristol, City of 9,461,233 8,717,687 -8 
			 802 North Somerset 3,125,597 3,085,005 -1 
			 803 South Gloucestershire 4,623,000 4,671,000 +1 
			 805 Hartlepool 3,116,187 3,116,165 -0 
			 806 Middlesbrough 5,239,311 5,127,622 -2 
			 807 Redcar and Cleveland 4,180,541 5,101,148 +22 
			 808 Stockton-on-Tees 5,657,412 5,693,716 +1 
			 810 Kingston upon Hull, City of 15,830,549 11,401,498 -28 
			 811 East Riding of Yorkshire 7,036,042 6,376,840 -9 
			 812 North East Lincolnshire 5,824,822 5,627,008 -3 
			 813 North Lincolnshire 3,686,390 3,985,870 +8 
			 815 North Yorkshire 11,353,670 10,734,506 -5 
			 816 York 3,680,980 4,084,780 +11 
			 821 Luton 4,832,848 5,186,013 +7 
			 822 Bedford borough 3,079,953 3,514,972 +14 
			 823 Central Bedfordshire 3,713,871 4,162,562 +12 
			 825 Buckinghamshire 10,364,837 8,870,556 -14 
			 826 Milton Keynes 6,088,855 6,275,696 +3 
			 830 Derbyshire 14,144,793 14,206,246 +0 
			 831 Derby 6,436,783 7,120,359 +11 
			 835 Dorset 6,724,800 6,768,700 +1 
			 836 Poole 2,860,680 2,635,129 -8 
			 837 Bournemouth 3,747,230 3,835,200 +2 
			 840 Durham 11,626,733 11,770,968 +1 
			 841 Darlington 2,493,174 2,899,854 +16 
			 845 East Sussex 8,670,541 8,100,056 -7 
			 846 Brighton and Hove 6,104,165 5,161,350 -15 
			 850 Hampshire 16,947,000 16,381,600 -3 
			 851 Portsmouth 3,833,564 3,269,025 -15 
		
	
	
		
			 852 Southampton 4,123,558 4,164,919 +1 
			 855 Leicestershire 10,526,266 10,376,086 -1 
			 856 Leicester 9,560,381 9,268,026 -3 
			 857 Rutland 878,000 1,013,300 +15 
			 860 Staffordshire 14,806,480 15,116,319 +2 
			 861 Stoke-on-Trent 5,776,599 7,168,273 +24 
			 865 Wiltshire 8,895,984 8,345,741 -6 
			 866 Swindon 4,530,148 4,698,623 +4 
			 867 Bracknell Forest 2,678,719 2,747,019 +3 
			 868 Windsor and Maidenhead 3,456,160 3,102,050 -10 
			 869 West Berkshire 3,700,905 3,898,080 +5 
			 870 Reading 3,769,801 3,984,274 +6 
			 871 Slough 4,085,803 4,598,167 +13 
			 872 Wokingham 3,021,350 2,704,138 -10 
			 873 Cambridgeshire 8,740,561 9,423,407 +8 
			 874 Peterborough 3,925,780 3,581,008 -9 
			 876 Halton 3,375,087 3,544,304 +5 
			 877 Warrington 4,001,491 4,119,028 +3 
			 878 Devon 13,392,477 12,754,652 -5 
			 879 Plymouth 7,353,567 7,113,359 -3 
			 880 Torbay 2,626,370 3,016,780 +15 
			 881 Essex 23,130,992 20,340,878 -12 
			 882 Southend-on-Sea 3,334,036 3,489,100 +5 
			 883 Thurrock 3,902,336 3,108,200 -20 
			 884 Herefordshire 3,005,668 2,832,459 -6 
			 885 Worcestershire 9,403,682 10,137,931 +8 
			 886 Kent 28,555,193 28,259,357 -1 
			 887 Medway 5,002,945 8,378,827 +67 
			 888 Lancashire 26,973,129 26,990,353 +0 
			 889 Blackburn with Darwen 4,086,279 4,323,400 +6 
			 890 Blackpool 4,732,874 4,261,268 -10 
			 891 Nottinghamshire 17,264,998 17,479,746 +1 
			 892 Nottingham 10,453,562 6,124,743 -41 
			 893 Shropshire 5,635,042 5,677,032 +1 
			 894 Telford and Wrekin 3,174,982 3,676,871 +16 
			 895 Cheshire East 4,574,620 4,288,130 -6 
			 896 Cheshire West and Chester 4,823,661 5,005,058 +4 
			 908 Cornwall 8,762,115 8,766,289 +0 
			 909 Cumbria 8,674,788 9,160,000 +6 
			 916 Gloucestershire 10,656,650 10,105,471 -5 
			 919 Hertfordshire 15,815,227 14,541,037 -8 
			 921 Isle of Wight 3,068,692 2,874,610 -6 
			 925 Lincolnshire 11,954,784 11,257,912 -6 
			 926 Norfolk 14,222,083 13,321,323 -6 
			 928 Northamptonshire 9,082,787 8,779,420 -3 
			 929 Northumberland 6,274,040 7,110,500 +13 
			 931 Oxfordshire 10,190,689 10,209,748 +0 
			 933 Somerset 11,978,420 10,307,882 -14 
			 935 Suffolk 11,755,705 11,418,962 -3 
			 935 Surrey 22,013,769 21,124,795 -4 
			 937 Warwickshire 10,563,182 10,954,965 +4 
		
	
	
		
			 938 West Sussex 11,723,315 10,187,379 -13 
			  Total England 1,176,963,715 1,180,704,500 +0 
			 (1) Data is as reported by LAs in their s251 Budget returns. (2 )Total services for young people includes spend on universal services for young people (including youth work, positive activities, Connexions and information, advice and guidance), targeted services for young people (including youth work, positive activities and information, advice and guidance), substance misuse services (drugs, alcohol, and volatile substances), teenage pregnancy services, discretionary awards and student support.

Departmental Mass Media

Peter Bone: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what account he took of parliamentary protocol in deciding to give interviews to the BBC and Sky News on the Youth Contract on 25 November 2011.

Nicholas Clegg: The details of the youth contract were released by the Department for Work and Pensions via a written ministerial statement on the morning of 25 November 2011, Official Report, columns 42-44WS.

Departmental Mass Media

Peter Bone: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will publish details of the media interviews he carried out on 24 and 25 November 2011, including (a) to whom they were made, (b) the subject matter and (c) the time they were made.

Nicholas Clegg: On 24 November I carried out media interviews with the BBC, ITN and Sky with a strict embargo on broadcast until lunchtime on 25 November. I also carried out follow up interviews on 25 November. The subject matters covered in these interviews were the economy, the Scarman lecture and youth unemployment.

Departmental Procurement

David Simpson: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what procedures his Office has put in place to ensure value for money on purchases; and what savings have been realised through use of such procedures in the last year.

Nicholas Clegg: For the purposes of corporate administration and financial management, my Office is an integral part of the Cabinet Office. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General, the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr Maude), on 29 November 2011, Official Report, column 832W.

Public Sector: Computer Software

Tom Blenkinsop: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether his Department has considered encouraging public bodies and central Government Departments to use open-source software; and how many such bodies have began using open source software since May 2010.

Nick Hurd: The Cabinet Office recognises that in certain circumstances open source solutions present opportunities for improved value for money and can stimulate a more competitive IT marketplace.
	Its position is to introduce a level playing field where both open source and proprietary software will be evaluated and the solution that offers best value for money, when the total cost of ownership has been calculated, will be selected. To assist Departments and bodies when evaluating open source solutions, the Cabinet Office has published an Open Source Procurement Toolkit, which is available at:
	https://update.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/resource-library/open-source-procurement-toolkit
	As part of the Strategic Implementation Plan that followed the Government IT strategy, the Cabinet Office is collecting and will publish publishing metrics, including the total number of open source software solutions deployed by central Government Departments. These will be published in the ICT Strategy Progress update in March 2012.

Sustainable Development: Cabinet Committees

Barry Gardiner: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which Cabinet sub-committee is responsible for considering the business plans of Government Departments in relation to sustainable development principles.

Oliver Letwin: As Minister for Government Policy, I have been asked to respond. As part of her lead responsibility for sustainable development, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, my right hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Mrs Spelman), sits on the Economic Affairs, Home Affairs and Reducing Regulation Committees, to enforce the Government's commitment to sustainability across policy making. In addition, working closely with the Secretary of State I hold Departments to account through the quarterly business plan review process.

Apprentices

Karen Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 
	(1)  what proportion of apprenticeships started in each (a) local authority area and (b) region was taken up by people aged (i) 19 to 24 and (ii) over 24 years in each of the last four years;
	(2)  what proportion of apprenticeships started in each (a) local authority area and (b) region was taken up by people aged 16 to 19 years in each of the last four years.

John Hayes: I have made data available in the Libraries of the House showing the proportion of apprenticeship programme starts by local authority and region in each age band, 2006/07 to 2009/10, the latest year for which final data are available.
	Information on the number of apprenticeship programme starts is published in a quarterly statistical first release (SFR). The latest SFR was published on 27 October 2011:
	http://www.thedataservice.org.uk/statistics/statisticalfirstrelease/sfr_current

Beer: Competition

Stephen Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many breaches of codes of practice by pub companies with their tenants (a) in Jarrow constituency, (b) in South Tyneside, (c) in the north-east and (d) nationally have been reported in the last 12 months.

Edward Davey: The Government do not maintain figures on how many breaches of the codes of practice have occurred. Oversight of the codes of practice is the responsibility of the British Institute of Innkeeping Benchmark and Accreditation Service.
	The Government recently announced a range of significant reforms in the pub industry, including for the industry framework code to be strengthened and made legally binding, as well as the establishment of an independent conciliation and arbitration service to resolve disputes relating to the code. The Government's reforms may be found at:
	http://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/cm82/8222/8222.pdf

Business: Government Assistance

Grahame Morris: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the Welsh Assembly Government's (a) ReAct, (b) ProAct, (c) ReAct II and (d) ProAct Skills Growth Wales schemes; and if he will make a statement.

John Hayes: Responsibility for business and the economy and for education and skills is devolved. As such, it is for the Welsh Assembly Government to make suitable assessments of these schemes.
	A range of support is in place for workers and for business in England. For example, the Job Centre Plus Rapid Response Service, which helps people facing redundancy to move rapidly into alternative employment. Government has also put in place measures to help improve the skills of those who are unemployed so they can gain employment and progress in work.
	Schemes like the Growth and Innovation Fund, are broadly similar to the Welsh ProAct scheme, helping business to make the most of how skills can promote enterprise, productivity and growth.

Credit

Eilidh Whiteford: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications to be listed on the Consumer Credit Public Register have been rejected in each of the last five years; and for what reason in each case.

Edward Davey: The following table lists, for the last five complete calendar years, the counts of all new applications, renewals or variations which have been "rejected" either by being made of no effect, or formally refused. For the formal refusals, if no appeal was received, the date of the final decision is used to decide which year to count them under. If an appeal was made, then the appeal decision date is used. Any cases with ongoing appeals are not included.
	The figures relate to refusals, refusals to renew, and refusals to vary only. Revocations, granting in different terms, and requirements have not been included.
	
		
			  Applications made of no effect Applications refused 
			 2006-07 562 40 
			 2007-08 938 25 
			 2008-09 953 14 
			 2009-10 630 20 
			 2010-11 200 18

Daylight Savings Bill

Anne McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills 
	(1)  from which part of his Department's budget he has made the provision for the payment of money relating to the Daylight Saving Bill; and if he will make a statement;
	(2)  how much and what proportion of the payment of money relating to the Daylight Saving Bill is in connection with (a) the passage of the Bill through Parliament and (b) consultation with the devolved assemblies;
	(3)  what estimate he has made of any potential costs to be incurred by local authorities in England in respect of implementation of the provisions of the Daylight Saving Bill;
	(4)  if he will consult with the English regions on the implications of the Daylight Saving Bill; and if he will make a statement;
	(5)  how he plans to allocate expenditure proposed for implementation of the provisions of the Daylight Saving Bill.

Edward Davey: Provision for expenditure on the Daylight Saving Bill has not yet been made. Should the Bill be enacted, we anticipate any costs largely falling in the next financial year and allocations have yet to be made.
	We have estimated the cost to Government of providing an independent Oversight Group and commissioning the cost benefit analysis reviewing the likely effects of advancing time in the United Kingdom by one hour at £750,000. This sum takes no account of the cost of the Bill’s passage in Parliament, nor consultation with the Devolved Assemblies. I would anticipate such expenditure being met from Departments’ general running costs.
	No estimate has yet been made by the Department as to the potential costs to be incurred by local authorities in England or anywhere else in the United Kingdom in respect of implementation of the provisions of the Daylight Saving Bill.
	Should the Daylight Saving Bill become law a full cost benefit analysis of the potential effects of advancing time by one hour in the UK will be prepared. Representations will be invited from a wide range of organisations and bodies, including the local authorities of England as well as those of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Daylight Saving Bill has yet to complete parliamentary consideration; details of how to allocate expenditure have yet to be considered.

Departmental Communication

Pete Wishart: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) press officers, (b) internal communications officers, (c) external communications officers, (d) communications strategy officers and (e) other positions with a communications remit were employed by (i) his Department, (ii) its agencies and (iii) each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department on the most recent date for which figures are available.

Edward Davey: As of November 2011 the BIS Communications Directorate has 95 staff within four teams; Media Relations, Stakeholder and Ministerial Engagement, Internal Communications and Corporate Communications. In addition, BIS has 12 embedded communications practitioners placed in directorates across the Department.
	The most recent information in respect of communications staff employed by the partners, agencies and non-departmental public bodies sponsored by BIS is contained in the Operational Efficiency Programme Benchmarking Report for April 2009 to May 2010 which was commissioned by the Cabinet Office. The link to access this information is
	http://data.gov.uk/dataset/oep-benchmarking-data-2009-10

Departmental Publications

Dan Jarvis: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) leaflets, (b) posters and (c) reports his Department has published since May 2010; how much each cost; and which company (i) published and (ii) designed each.

Edward Davey: Since May 2010 until the present the Department has published the following, which have incurred an external cost to be produced:
	(a) Two campaigns which involved leaflets being produced at a cost of £170,208
	(b) Three campaigns which involved posters being produced at a cost of £10,455
	(c) 39 reports have been produced at a cost of £306,827
	All items listed were produced by companies contracted through Government frameworks.

Export Credit Guarantees: Argentina

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr of 9 November 2011, Official Report, column 375W, on export credits guarantees, what trade deals comprise Argentina's £45.24 million debt.

Edward Davey: The information requested is not held in a readily identifiable form and would involve disproportionate cost to obtain.

National Debtline

Eilidh Whiteford: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many calls have been made to the National Debtline in each month since May 2007.

Edward Davey: The following table shows the number of calls made to the National Debtline each month since May 2007
	
		
			  2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 
			 January — 21,869 40,797 33,279 29,321 
			 February — 19,946 36,621 32,506 28,343 
			 March — 18,868 38,850 32,346 26,491 
			 April — 20,220 36,832 26,324 18,408 
			 May 15,073 17,840 40,149 23,090 22,866 
			 June 16,151 20,287 41,684 23,791 22,110 
			 July 16,512 21,572 36,902 25,637 20,097 
			 August 15,450 20,889 28,654 24,985 20,501 
			 September 15,637 22,929 29,939 24,671 19,870 
			 October 16,764 24,486 27,574 23,559 19,156 
			 November 16,403 26,505 28,934 22,548 — 
			 December 9,101 20,762 17,777 12,479 — 
			 Source: Money Advice Trust 
		
	
	National Debtline is managed by the Money Advice Trust which is an independent charity, funded in the main by donations and Government funding. In 2011-12, BIS Department provided £1 million towards the cost of the helpline.

Odgers Berndtson

Gareth Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what payments Odgers Berndtson received from his Department for recruitment services from 1 May 2010 to 30 October 2011; and if he will make a statement.

Edward Davey: holding answer 24 November 2011
	During the period, 1 May 2010 to 30 October 2011, Human Resources in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills paid £16,355 plus VAT to Odgers Berndtson for recruitment services.

Public Sector: Training

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the report by the British Chambers of Commerce on skills for business, if he will assess the merits of giving access to training to all public sector workers who are at risk of redundancy.

Edward Davey: All individuals, including public sector workers, can access the further education (FE) and skills system to undertake training—including to retrain and re-skill. The Government's Skills Strategy, Skills for Sustainable Growth, sets out how we are reforming the FE and skills system to better support and improve the skills of the work force, the performance of the economy and engagement in learning. Government's objective is to deliver a skills system driven from the bottom up, able to respond to the needs of all individuals, communities and an increasingly dynamic economy.

Supermarkets: Competition

Nadhim Zahawi: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on third party referrals to the groceries code adjudicator; and whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals in respect of such referrals.

Edward Davey: The Government's position is that only evidence from direct and indirect suppliers, and publically available evidence, should be able to initiate investigations by the Groceries Code Adjudicator. However, we have agreed to consider further the question of whether evidence from trade bodies or whistleblowers should also be taken into account.

UK Trade and Investment Overseas Market Introduction Service report

Michael Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will place in the Library a copy of each UK Trade and Investment Overseas Market Introduction Service report for Oxitec Ltd.

Mark Prisk: UK Trade & Investment provides support to UK business in 96 markets representing 98% of global GDP and delivers Overseas Market Introduction Service reports at the request of UK business. Each report contains detailed information gathered from a wide variety of foreign companies and individuals in the overseas markets. The information in each report is commercially sensitive and cannot be released without the authority of each contributor or named company or individual in each market. Answering the question would require obtaining the authority of just under 70 companies or individuals across a number of overseas markets and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Vocational Guidance

David Anderson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on ensuring a minimum professional qualification level for staff providing the telephone careers advice element of the National Careers Service.

John Hayes: Although the National Careers Service will be launched from April 2012, the telephone helpline element of the service has been in place since September 2011. It comprises two contracts for helpline services: one providing careers advice to young people, and the other providing information and careers advice to adults. The contract for services to young people requires the contractor to employ staff who are competent to deliver the service; the contract for services to adults requires the contractor to ensure that all advisers hold qualifications appropriate to their role. These requirements will be aligned as contracting arrangements allow to ensure that all telephone helpline advisers will be required to meet the same professional qualification levels. More broadly, the matrix Standard, to which all providers of the National Careers Service must be accredited by April 2013, will ensure that advisers providing helpline and face to face careers guidance are suitably qualified and meeting these professional standards.